by Alan Briggs | Oct 5, 2015 | Archive
There’s nothing quite like mowing the lawn one last time before winter. I get excited about stashing the mower in the back of the garage and dusting off the snow shovels. I was finishing the proverbial last mow of my little lawn and without warning my beloved mower...
by Alan Briggs | Oct 1, 2015 | Archive
WAIT is a four letter word in our culture. In fact, it’s the one I hate the most. We want fast service at the restaurant, next day shipping and immediate results. I can’t stand the person who slowly weaves in front of me at the grocery store just slightly faster than...
by Alan Briggs | Sep 23, 2015 | Archive, City, Neighborhood
God has taken our family on a surprising and exciting journey. We have gotten serious about loving our neighbors—our literal neighbors. We’ve gotten serious about loving our city, a place I had previously looked for opportunities to escape. We’ve gotten serious about...
by Alan Briggs | Sep 1, 2015 | Archive, City, Family, Neighborhood
It was a beautiful spring afternoon, and I was taking the short walk to pick up my kids from school. Parents who walk the same route every day to scoop up their kids walked hurriedly by me with their heads down. No “Hello,” not even the customary head nod, just the...
by Alan Briggs | Jul 28, 2015 | Archive, Neighborhood
“Buy local” posters were plastered everywhere. Just like you would expect each one was original. Every poster I saw was unique, personal, local, not a national mass media blitz. This was not unique to the city I was passing through; I am starting to see these posters...
by Alan Briggs | Jul 13, 2015 | Archive, City
I have a lot of conversations with church leaders in radically different places. Each one seems to think their context is the hardest to minister in. Some places are stuck in religious tradition, some are ridden with the occult, some are wealthy, some wear crime on...
