How can you create a place of laughter and fun for your neighborhood this season? Here are a few ways to make your home the summer house:
There were about twenty-five people sitting in a hodgepodge of lawn chairs or on blankets in my driveway. We’d become “the summer house,” and I was never sure what each day would hold or who would be there.
Music played, and grandparents and neighbors smiled, laughed, and clapped. They didn’t mind paying the dollar for this interesting mix of kids with an array of talents. Then one of the sweetest little redheads in the neighborhood announced, “Please stand for the singing of the National Anthem.” This was the grand finale as this third-grader sang proudly and perfectly on key.
The hour was entertaining and endearing. It was the type of thing that brought us together as neighbors and built friendships. Jesus talks about loving our neighbors, but sometimes we make it more difficult than it needs to be. Some of the best advice I ever received about being hospitable to others, and especially to the kids in the neighborhood, was, “Don’t feel like you have to do anything special.” In other words, don’t go out of your way to entertain. Just let them be present with you, and be available.
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