the back door

I have company coming for lunch - it's one of my favorite things to do...to have people come over and talk over life - what's going on - learning and supporting each other - becoming all we can together. the conversations vary a lot, from specific issues one of us is dealing with, to general "what's up with the world" discussions. We talk to God and try to notice and then go on with the rest of our day.

So, the person coming today has not been before and so i just texted to him that he could come in the back door - and it got me thinking.

I love the back door.

I know, you are probably thinking i'm finally losing it that im enjoying the back door this much, but let me get it all out before you make up your mind.

Truth is, if you come in the front door - it is formal and although inviting, kinda for people we don't know very well, but if you come in the back door you are like family...more than welcome, you are welcome to see the laundry on the floor, the dog toys laying around (not at the office, but at home, maybe), dust bunnies we have not been able to get cleaned up etc. I also like the people who come in my back door - many times they make me feel welcome in my own home/office - they love me too and we cherish living life together.

The back door is wonderful!

At More than more, we get together at a place called McAllister Recreation center - it is this really cool former school building in Lafayette, that has been converted by the City Parks and Recreation into an all purpose building for the citizens of our town. You might say it is More than more's home.

And here's something cool - at McAllister, everyone comes in the back door!!!! I don't know that we have ever had anyone come in the front door - all the parking and the playground and everything is all around the back door!

And, i think that is very typical of More than more. We welcome anyone who would like to join us to come in the back door. Be welcome, take your shoes off if you want. Chill out. Be at peace. You have nothing to prove. We will do our best to care about you right where you are and we will look forward to you caring about us right where we are. If you are grumpy, come anyway, back doors are not just for those in a good mood - if you are goofy and playful, come on in, let's laugh together, if your heart is broken, what better place to be supported and heard than inside the back door?

The point, if i am losing you, is that in a wolrd that is filled with people who never even notice each other, More than more is a place where people of all different parts of our world, all different ages, all different situations, come together and welcome each other - care about each other. It is a good place to be. We notice each other, we pay attention. We notice the amazingness of life and the God who made it and we will not let it slide by!

If you are sick and tired of the usual of American life, and this sounds like something you might like to give a try, we would love to have you join us - our back door will be open tonight from 6:45-8:00PM, October 6th (and again on the 20th) - would love to have you join us!!