by Alan Briggs | Apr 21, 2016 | Archive, Neighborhood
As we age our perspective changes. I look for different things than I used to. I am less drawn to the shiny and more drawn to the healthy. As I meet more ministry leaders, pastors, catalysts and neighborhood practitioners I am looking for something I haven’t...
by Alan Briggs | Nov 30, 2015 | City, Neighborhood
It’s hitting us from every angle. Hipsters in coffee shops are talking about it. Developers and investing with it in mind. Empty nesters are asking questions about it again. Those seeking to live a Jesus life and those who don’t know Him alike are feeling the...
by Alan Briggs | Nov 10, 2015 | Neighborhood
Let’s face it; North Americans are calculated and driven people. Our businesses and non-profits focus highly on living out mission and creating certain results. We have to understand what “counts” when living out incarnational mission and faithful presence or we will...
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...
