{"id":5316,"date":"2018-04-18T16:49:33","date_gmt":"2018-04-18T21:49:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedisciplemaker.org\/?p=5316"},"modified":"2018-04-18T16:49:33","modified_gmt":"2018-04-18T21:49:33","slug":"what-kind-of-neighbor-are-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.navpress.com\/sites\/thedisciplemaker\/2018\/04\/what-kind-of-neighbor-are-you\/","title":{"rendered":"What Kind of Neighbor Are You?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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To live faithfully in your community, you must ask yourself if you\u2019re willing to truly be a neighbor. Are you willing to live out of a posture of generous hospitality?<\/strong>
\nBeing a neighbor is something entirely different from merely having neighbors. Being a neighbor requires action, responsibility, care. To be a neighbor, you must become an active participant within your community, giving as well as receiving, bringing your skills and talents as well as your brokenness.
\nFar too often we build walls and then sit back and wait for people who are willing to exert the time and energy to break them down.<\/strong> If no one does, we get disillusioned and complain that we can\u2019t find community. Being an active participant in your community means advocating truth rather than lies, allowing others to see your brokenness rather than building walls, being honest and loving instead of creating more hurt.
\nOne of the best things you can do in your twenties is to be an active creator of community.<\/strong> Community doesn\u2019t just happen, and waiting through your twenties for community to land in your lap will likely leave you feeling more lonely than connected.
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\nThere is no one-size-fits-all picture of how community in your twenties will look. It will look different for everyone. But there is hope. It\u2019s possible to live well in community even if you feel more like a tourist than a pilgrim, or even if your days in a particular community are numbered. As Drew and I said earlier, community isn\u2019t about how long you\u2019ll be in a place; it\u2019s about showing up and being present each day. It\u2019s about fighting for connection and fighting against isolation.
\nNo matter what kinds of communities you find yourself in, a vision for living implicated in each place should include the following:<\/strong><\/p>\n