Loving your neighbourhood
by Tim Chester on Oct.02, 2010, under Cultural
It’s really important to love your neighbourhood. Sometimes that will need to be a decision you make. But ask God to give you genuine affection for your neighbourhood and its people. One helpful exercise is to list the things you love about your area.
This is what we came up with at a recent church gathering …
- I can buy harissa (i.e. there are lots of shops selling ethnic foods and other interesting things)
- there are loads of buses
- The Broadfield pub (where we go for the pub quiz each week and to watch sport)
- our friends and the church family all live nearby
- there are lots of communities and ethnicities (but no ghettos)
- the Abbeydale Picturehouse (see picture by Matt Lollar from our church)
- there’s a mix of residential houses and businesses in the area
- it’s not pretentious
- the greenery, parks and trees
- all the many restaurants and kebab houses with food from many different nations
- there are big supermarkets and little shops
- the bric-a-brac shops and charity shops
- the 24-hour shops
- the b rothel has gone
- it’s a main road into the city and out into the countryside
- in a hilly city, it’s flat
