I feel two things as I step over the threshold into Rosa’s home: cramped and welcome. Because the living room has been converted into a spare bedroom, the front door is inaccessible. My camera equipment and I come through the back, squeezing through the space between the open door and the refrigerator. Perched in her…

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It’s 7:00 am on a Saturday and the halls at Shady Brook Elementary hum with subdued energy. Teachers pop in and out of the shadowy hallway, working to set up their classrooms before the main campus lights are even flipped on. Shannon Gauntt, the principal, sits in the glow of her office window, checking emails…

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Text by Tiffany Smith, North American Mission Board “By becoming good neighbors, we become who we’re supposed to be. As a result, our communities become the places that God intended them to be.”  – Jay Pathak, The Art of Neighboring The art of neighboring is a skill that has been lost in our culture. Americans…

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It’s hard not to feel like an outsider as I maneuver an oversized pick-up truck around sharp corners in suburban Cleburne. My phone shouts directions from the far side of the cab, and I’m painfully aware of the 6 Stones logo emblazoned on my doors. Here in the mid-cities, people know that brand. In Cleburne, we’re…

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In 2010, Chidinma followed her husband and sons across the ocean from Nigeria to Texas. Beginning in October of that year, the family of seven — two boys, three girls, and two parents — spent a few months with in-laws before finding a home in Euless. They lived within a mile of 6 Stones and…

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