tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832486.post6344633585206226988..comments2024-02-29T04:02:48.619-05:00Comments on keeping feet: Brave Not SafeJoannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12937512054883534573noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832486.post-91281753151389398362008-11-06T15:47:00.000-05:002008-11-06T15:47:00.000-05:00Great pics, Joanna! Thanks for sharing.Great pics, Joanna! Thanks for sharing.Curtis Honeycutthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00664282979165863997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832486.post-11898329813378151952008-11-03T11:03:00.000-05:002008-11-03T11:03:00.000-05:00The congregation at Northview had a similar Good N...The congregation at Northview had a similar <I>Good Neighbor</I> weekend. Our particular project sent us to a neighborhood on Indy's near northside to simply clean up the streets. We covered several blocks, picking up trash, cleaning up overgrown lots, and hauling away brush. All the while, we prayed for the residents of the neighborhood. It was a terrific, eye-opening experience. It's easy to forget that there's a world outside our little circle of life. Such service is something my family will continue.<BR/><BR/>It's funny you mention the whole <I>fear</I> thing. I spent part of the weekend painting at home. That also means I had a good amount of quiet solitude and the idea of fear and vowing to make decisions <I>not</I> out of fear was heavy on my mind. We, as a country and a people have been operating out of fear for quite awhile. That is not what I want to teach my children. While I don't plan to bike across the USA (though I'd love to make that trip on a motorcycle), it is changing the way I think. Fear is very real and it isn't necessarily a bad thing. It can be a powerful motivator and give the prompt to action so many of us need. But, when it rules our lives, that's a problem. I'm <I>[gulp]</I> 33 years old and have a family...it's time to <I>step up</I>.RetroBretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12763591829104580160noreply@blogger.com