Neighboring is a lost art, but people have not lost a heart for it. Not by a long shot. That was the case for Lance and Sherri Ford. They wanted to reach out to their neighbors, and not just once or twice a year, but regularly.

If The Navigators are anything, we are respecters of history. One of the reasons for this respect is surely the long tenure of so many of our leaders. Notable among them is Jerry Bridges, whose tenure with the organization before his death earlier this year was sixty years.

The following article is an excerpt from Bound to Be Free: Escaping Performance to Be Capture by Grace by D.A. Horton. Soon after my conversion to Christianity, I began laboring in the work of ministry…I convinced myself during my initial days of salvation that busyness equaled holiness.

This excerpt from Beginnings: The First Seven Days of the Rest of Your Life is taken from Day Four, which represents the seasons of our life–Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter. The story of Hannah begins in the soul-crushing season of winter.