From the Home Place

September 1, 2025

How was your “family reunion” yesterday? I pray that you were able to really enjoy being with your church family. Like all other families, they are most likely not perfect, but they are still a very special group of folks.

Yesterday, Miss Deb and I bid the dear folks of Lance Creek “farewell.” For the last three months we have served this amazing little church family. They have completely captured our hearts with their kindness and a great willingness to learn. One thing is for sure, our “family” has grown during our time at Lance Creek.

After telling the folks at Lance Creek “farewell,” we then hurried to our home church in Lusk to participate in a special party to raise support for our newest church planters. Once again, God was very kind in helping a young family follow their dream of advancing His kingdom here on this ball of dirt. It was totally fun to watch the Taylor’s church family love on them! Yesterday our Lusk church family also celebrated ten-years of ministry in this area! (more on that tomorrow) By the way, yesterday was the first time I have been back with my home church family for three months, it’s good to be back home.

Like I said, yesterday was a day of farewell and hello for us in relation to our church families. It was also a day for all of us to tell August “Farewell” and to greet September with a big “Hello!” Yep another month of your life has passed by, how did it go for you in regard to the people around you. Were they blessed because you played a special part of their lives? Were they encouraged to walk closer with Jesus because they spent a month watching you live an “active” faith? Did you bless someone with your kind hospitality?

If so, way to go! If not, then September brings opportunities for you to improve your relationships with those God brings across your path. May this new month find us saying “Farewell” to being too busy as we say “Hello” to having folks over for a meal. As we greet opportunities to speak words of kindness into the lives of folks who are struggling. May we each step into a deeper walk with Jesus! Yep, this new month holds many opportunities for each of us, we get to decide to step into those God-given moments, or to hurry back into our safe place. I pray He will find each of us faithful!

Saying “Hello” to watching God work in and through our lives with you, Neal