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Love Leads to Community Involvement

Posted on May 6, 2024 by Steve Simms

Instead of asking Christians where they go to church, ask them how they are demonstrating the reality of the living Jesus in society. Don’t just hear a sermon–be one! Speak and demonstrate God’s word yourself. “Christ in you” is limited … 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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How to build community

Posted on November 23, 2023 by Steve Simms

Open your heart. Be real, be vulnerable, be humble. Community isn’t just a collection of people working together. It’s people who are connecting heart-to-heart with one another. Community is more caught than taught. The best way to build it is … 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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