S2E13: Love Where You Live with Shauna Pilgreen

This week on The Turquoise Table, host Kristin Schell
chats with Shauna Pilgreen, author of Love Where You
Live. A small-town native, Shauna grew up on a farm in South
Georgia, and then moved to rural Missouri with her husband to do
ministry. Ten years ago, the Lord stirred in their hearts a
desire to plant a church in a place far outside their comfort
zones: San Francisco, California. Love Where You
Live chronicles the struggles and blessings of Shauna’s move
to the big city, and learning how to invest long-term in the
place she lives. 


 


In the title Love Where You Live, “love” is a verb — Shauna
actively loves the local people with whom she comes into contact.
She offers a few simple ideas on how others can too; her first
suggestion is to take walks. Instead of taking the train or her
minivan, Shauna often chooses to walk to her kids’ school, to the
grocery store, or around her neighborhood. She prays that God
would use her with whomever she encounters each day and
intentionally makes time for those interactions. She also
suggests sitting down with family members to discuss how you as a
team can make a difference. One night, Shauna and her family
walked the streets of their neighborhood handing out free pizza,
water bottles, and cookies. Simple acts of kindness create a
ripple effect in the community, and Shauna continues to share her
heart and to love her neighbors well in her now-beloved home of
San Francisco.


 
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