My friend, Amy Lively, has written a new book that’s receiving quite a lot of attention. The topic? How to love your neighbor without being weird. In this day and time, with neighbors staying indoors and keeping to themselves and with everybody’s busy schedules, it’s hard enough to get to know your neighbors. Try to love them? They might think you’re weird. Amy shares in her book how to accomplish this task WITHOUT seeming like a nut and without freaking them out!
To help spread the word about How To Love Your Neighbor Without Being Weird, we’re doing a giveaway!
You can win the following sweet little package:
- 2 MUGS Adorable “Love Your Neighbor” mugs, one for you, one for your neighbor!
- 10 CARDS to ask your neighbor over for coffee, board games, BBQ – you name it! Invite one neighbor or the whole block, whatever works.
- 2 COFFEES Single-serve Columbian coffees.
- 2 COASTERS to put under your steaming mugs.
- 1 BOOK A signed copy of Amy’s book, How to Love Your Neighbor Without Being Weird.
I’ll pick a winner next week so please leave a comment below and tell me why you need this package!
UPDATE: WINNER HAS BEEN CHOSEN.
This sounds great, I am home all day. It would be great to get some ideas on how to get to know them better. And not be the so called shy one. When that is not me at all. I want to be friendly to everyone and love my neighbors the way God ask me to be, but be the weird church lady on the street.
The “church lady” should be the most beloved woman on the street… but we’ve got a long way to go to earn that reputation. May God bless you in your neighborhood!
Manuela won the giveaway! Congratulations to her! Thanks everyone for stopping by and leaving a comment. Thanks Amy for sharing about your awesome book!
We live out in the country, and have fewer neighbors, but so need to get to know the few we have. When it’s a 20 minute drive to town, it sure would be nice to be able to ask the neighbor to borrow something without feeling weird about it.
Your own convenience store, right next door! See how clever this commandment is? Love God’s brilliance and forethought.
I totally need this package! I just got new neighbors! I keep thinking I’m going to go bring them cookies and introduce my, but I totally feel weird! I can’t wait to find out how not to ????
Just do it! Get some cookies (store bought is fine), put them on a plate you don’t mind not getting back, wrap them in plastic wrap – and go! You could get crafty but you don’t have to. The most important thing is not the cookies, it’s the conversation. Let me know how it goes!
We live in New Zealand. We have lived in a shared driveway for 15 years, and some neighbors have come and gone. There are 4 of us who get the daily newspaper. One of them is elderly so two of us started ‘taking turns’ getting the newspaper from the end of the drive and putting it against the front door. It doesn’t take long when getting my paper to do it for 3 others, and a couple days a week when I get to sleep in it is nice to wake up and find mine is at the doorstep. It is a simple idea which has created a lot of warmth. I could use some more ideas though!!
All over the world, we’re pretty much the same! Love this simple gesture of caring, and I’m sure you’ll find a zillion more ideas in the book (well, maybe only a gillion).
I would love to win this package! It would help me communicate with my neighbors! 🙂
Knock. Ask. Sip! Pretty easy! Good luck!
Yes…this is exactly what I need!!!
Glad you like it! Best of luck with the drawing!
What a beautiful collection. There is nothing like connecting over a steamy beverage. Our neighborhood is designed in a way that doesn’t make connection easy. Would love to start getting to know the neighbors.
Good luck, Celine! I wish you could all win the giveaway, but you CAN all win if you invite a neighbor over for a cup of coffee!
I think I am a good neighbor and I know I have good neighbors. I host a monthly women’s Bunco night and am treasurer of our homeowners association. However, I’d like to see more of my neighbors join in on association events or just let others get to know them. We have lots of nationalities represented in our neighborhood, but getting them involved has been difficult.
Love how involved you are in your neighborhood! That’s awesome! It’s frustrating and confusing for me, too, when people don’t buy into all the great opportunities in our community. God wired us all differently, and some folks prefer low-key conversations instead of large gatherings. There are tips in the book (page 64) on how to love the introverts in your neighborhood!
This is lovely. So many of our neighbors speak another language so I’ve been hesitant to break through that awkwardness. I know I need to just go for it.
Want to know a universal language? Food! I bet a few cookies would break that barrier. Good luck!
This is such a great idea for a book! I have a neighbor who had to let his wife move to the nursing home. I often think of nice things we can do for him, but I don’t follow through because I don’t want him to think we are weird. 🙂 We also have some other neighbors who are harder to love and some that we never get a chance to talk to. I would love to win this package! I would also pass the book on to another friend who would benefit from it too!
So… what are you doing tomorrow? Sounds like the perfect time to go say hello to your elderly neighbor. There’s a chapter about loneliness in the book, and it’s heartbreaking. A simple conversation does a world of good!
I´m German and moving to Seattle to live with my American husband. I don´t have any friends there yet and in Germany, people don´t really care that much about their neighbor. I´ve been working with American college students for several years now and have always admired their social skills and how much they cared for each other. Of course I´ve tried to learn from their example but I feel like there is still a lot I´m lacking in that area. My husband has OCD so he doesn´t have too many friends either because most people think he´s weird. This book might help us make friends 🙂
You are so brave and adventurous! I admire you and your husband for entering new cultures and learning new customs. You’ll love it here and you’ll make many friends! Seattle is an amazing city. I pray you find a church home and a welcoming neighborhood!
Manuela, congratulations! You won! My project manager Sherri will send you an email to get your information. Thanks!
I need this package because I have lived in the same development for 40 years and so many people have come and gone around me I don’t even try to meet them anymore. That needs to change!
Never grow weary! You have so much experience and wisdom to share with these new families. I pray God opens many doors for you, some of which you may have already walked through in the past.
A couple years ago God placed it heavy on my heart to do some type of block party for my neighborhood… I put everything together and spoke to my husband about it. We decided to do either an ice cream or fish fry theme. I made flyers and everything. At the last minute he asked me to wait until he got some construction finished that was going on in the inside of our home, so I put it off. I wish I hadn’t. The Holy Spirit kept nudging me to go ahead with it and I didn’t listen. The day after we would have had our block party, a neighbor was hit and killed by a drunk driver leaving behind a young wife and daughter… that would have been a nice memory for everyone to have had with him, but I didn’t follow through. Everyone loves coffee – I LOVE coffee… this would be a fantastic idea! I think I’m going to put together a neighborhood coffee “date” this package would come in very useful!
Oh Angel, I’m so sorry for your neighbor’s loss. I argued with the Lord for months and months before finally obeying His call. It’s not too late, and all is not lost! Let me know when you’re having your gathering and I’ll be praying for you and your neighbors.
At family night, our church just sent us out for the summer to get to know our neighbors and love on them! We are new to our neighborhood, and I would LOVE to read this book for new ideas!
I wish you could ALL win! Please let your church know about the book, and tell them I’ll be praying for you all!
New neighbors, how exciting! Get off to a good start, and don’t wait for neighbors to come introduce themselves with a plate of cookies. YOU go introduce yourself to them! You’ll both be glad you did.
I love this! I’m moving to a new neighborhood soon and would love ideas on how to get to know my new neighbors.
What a great idea for a book! I do feel weird trying to bridge the gap with our neighbors, trying to turn people who happen to live on our street into friends. It’s awkward. I would love to read this book for ideas to be less awkward about it.
Michelle, I felt exactly the same way! It can be awkward, but it’s worth it. I’m sure you’ll find tons of tips in the book that will help you find your unique way to relate to your neighbors. Keep in touch and let me know what’s happening in your neighborhood!