NieNaberhood
Won’t You Be Our Neighbor?

Mike, Ashley, (not-so-baby) Will and puppy Georgia here, so glad to have you! Come by our porch anytime.

Given that we are a family whose heart is for intentional relationships and that we live so far from so many of our family and friends, we figured it’s about time we get some sort of connecting point for all of you who are close to our hearts but miles from our home.

So let’s think of this as a sort of cyber-porch. Come and visit. Stay a while, hear what’s happening in our (growing) family, let us know what’s going on in yours. We may not be able to share a cup of coffee, but we can share encouragement, comfort and wisdom through life’s celebrations and challenges. Thank you for being in our lives, for being our friends. We are so grateful to be a part of this neighborhood.
NieNaberhood
To 3 sweet years.. and counting! @nienaber80  (at In The Heights)
My little golden boy. (at Atlantic Station)
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Friendships

Friendships with people who are poor or vulnerable can challenge our arrogance in thinking we know how to fix their circumstances. Our sweeping critiques of multinational corporations become more nuanced when friends are grateful for their jobs and proud of their products. Friendships undermine our tendency to locate the problem “out there” and to try to fix it at a distance. And friendship gives an urgency to our work for justice, to our search for ways to affect the decisions of multinationals and governments. Friends who are poor challenge our lifestyles of consumption when they build generous and gracious lives out of very few material resources.

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Christopher Heuertz and Christine Pohl

Friendship at the Margins

http://dailyasterisk.com/post/34357952922/friendships

Will’s idea of a good time on a Saturday afternoon…not so much Georgia’s… (Taken with Instagram at In The Heights)
Leveraging privilege for 'More Weight'
A MUST READ: Creativity and Poverty
Love. It. (Taken with Instagram at Grant Park)
My boys serenading me. Best way to end an awesome weekend!!! (Taken with Instagram)
Will thinks his Aunt Da-da-da is cool :) (Taken with Instagram)
It’s naptime…I think these boys missed each other. (Taken with Instagram)
First train ride, I think he likes it. (Taken with Instagram at Ligonier, IN)
First train ride, I think he likes it. (Taken with Instagram at Ligonier, IN)
The new mural in our community that’s the talk of the town. (Taken with Instagram at Hyuro’s Wall)
25 Rules for Moms of Sons...grab your kleenex ladies...