Category Archives: community

A Neighborhood of Caring Neighbors

Posted on October 6, 2025 by Steve Simms

Far too often Christians who want to experience Christ beyond the control of Sunday morning church attendance are criticized and pressured to conform to the passivity and mediocracy of traditional church services. If they persist in their desire, they may … Continue reading →

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The Community of Heart-to-Heart Unity

Posted on May 7, 2025 by Steve Simms

The best opportunityFor true communityIs heart-felt unityThat comes throughChrist in youLeading all you do. Refuse to waverFrom Christ the Savior.Stay in God’s favor.Let your heart savorChrist’s presence each dayAnd your behaviorBe Spirit-prompted. ChristianityAbandoned shipWhen it gave upSpirit-promptedDiscipleshipAnd fellowship,To follow a … Continue reading →

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The Most Effective Community Improvement

Posted on April 3, 2025 by Steve Simms

The most effective community improvement for any community would be for people to humbly and honestly open their heart to one another. True community is ignited by heart-to-heart connection. The key to deep and lasting heart connection is open up … Continue reading →

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My Dream Home Isn’t a House

Posted on February 11, 2025 by Steve Simms

My dream home isn’t a house. It is heart-to-heart, deeply caring community with other people. That type of community can’t be attained by rules and regulations. It’s produced by God’s Spirit. All true Christ-followers are united in the Spirit (Ephesians … Continue reading →

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A Southern Boy Traveling Through Southern Italy With New Englanders

Posted on April 24, 2024 by Steve Simms

My wife, Ernie, and I just returned from a visit to Italy. We’re from the South (in the USA) and traveled with a group of 44 people from Massachusetts. We only knew two of them. We were amazed by the … Continue reading →

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Community Requires Openhearted Communication

Posted on April 2, 2024 by Steve Simms

Genuine community requires honest caring and openhearted communication. It can’t be built on trivial talk that hides what’s really going on inside people’s heart. Without heart-felt community people tend to shut down tender, caring communication. Instead, they mainly talk about … Continue reading →

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Heart connection reveals amazing significance

Posted on July 1, 2023 by Steve Simms

Without a solid sense of significance, meaning, and purpose, it’s easy to slip into sadness, discouragement and despair. Your life has a purpose. Find it. Pursue it. Fulfill it. If life was without meaning the very concept of meaning would … Continue reading →

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There’s no perfect church but there is a perfect Savior!

Posted on January 15, 2023 by Steve Simms

To go to JesusYou don’t need to goTo a special building.You can go to HimAny time and any place.All you need to doIs to open and surrenderYour heart to HimAnd He’ll be there! Being led by God’s Spirit,Christ in you,Who … Continue reading →

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Christianity goes beyond privacy

Posted on December 1, 2022 by Steve Simms

There’s nowhere to hideWhen you resideAnd continually abideIn Christ.The rising tideOf His presenceReveals all secrets. A heart exposedTo the lightOf ChristOften complainsThat His lightIs too bightAnd thus retreatsBack into the nightTo keep its secretsOut of sight. Awe causes the human … Continue reading →

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A Spirit-led band of brothers (and sisters)

Posted on May 27, 2022 by Steve Simms

A band of people connected heart-to-heart with one another and with the risen Jesus, while functioning together under His direct and active leadership, is a powerful demonstration of the body of Christ obeying the Head. A band of Christ-following brothers … Continue reading →

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