Training Day

As Christian parents Christine and I feel burdened to press into our boys the two greatest commandments from Jesus.

You must love the LORD your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your strength, and all your mind.' And, 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' Luke 10:27

What might be simply and somewhat correctly viewed by some as participating in Trick-or-Treat we see as part of a larger core value of our family: Involvement with Neighbors. We think that for us to truly love our neighbors we must have some relationship with them, so we seek to be involved in our neighborhood as long as it does not cause us to compromise our commitment to the two great commandments.

We want our boys to grow into a love for Jesus Christ and taste of the life that he alone can offer, at the same time we want them to love and serve and know their neighbors. So when we dressed up the cutest Cowboy Woody and the coolest Buzz Light Year I know and literally ran house to house in our neighborhood, we were doing more than collecting Mars Bars...we were showing our boys that to Love Your Neighbors you must first be involved with them.