Let’s start neighboring the uncomplicated way!
Have you ever wished the people who live next to you were not just your neighbors, but your friends? The sort of friends who know the messy stuff and walk with you through it. Share meals, watch each other’s kids, generously lend tools, that ingredient you can’t cook dinner without, time.
Maybe it doesn’t have to be complicated.
Even for introverts.
Those who close the garage door before getting out of the car.
Long-timers who’ve never met their neighbors.
Lonely moms with young kids and never-clean houses.
Through these 30 bite-sized devotions, you’ll discover a simple and straightforward way to open your heart, home, and life to your neighbors. Learn how to let the work God is doing inside you overflow as you practice noticing, valuing, and connecting with your neighbors.
It’s not too late to start from where you are because the direction is infinitely more important than the pace.
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The 30-Day Missional Living Challenge is tailored to fit your unique style of neighboring. Three variations of the challenge are included in your download. You’ll begin with the “What Kind of Neighbor Are You?” quiz to determine which challenge to take. Then print the challenge checklist and complete it as you read Cultivating a Missional Life.
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To read the first week of the devotions FREE, just let me know where to send the unlock code to the For You library of missional living resources. You will gain access to part 1 of Cultivating a Missional Life, which includes the accompanying group study questions for week 1.
Here is what some friends have to say about Cultivating a Missional Life:
Cultivating a Missional Life is the gentle guidance and heart work I needed to become a better neighbor. I can’t wait to return to this devotional often.
Pamela H.
This is a grace-filled, thought-provoking devotional on missionary living that holds the readers hand while gently nudging them towards gospel sharing right where they are. Highly recommend it!
Mariel D.
Cultivating a Missional Life inspired me to love my neighbors by giving me bite-size principles to reflect on and then put into practice. Twyla managed to take a concept that feels intimidating to many and make it relatable, doable, and a source of joy.
Matt B.
At a time when hyper-localism seems to be our ‘new normal’ there’s arguably never been a better time to start learning to love our neighbors, just as Jesus taught us to. And Twyla’s book provides the roadmap for doing exactly that.
Reading this study has encouraged me to see those who live around me with new eyes and inspired me to dream big dreams for my neighborhood again.
Anna K.
Cultivating A Missional Life is a devotional I will be reading over and over again! When you underline multiple lines everyday, you know it’s a great devotional! This book slows you down and draws you deeper. It is refreshing in that it doesn’t feel like another thing is added to your daily to-do list. Twyla’s words are laced with grace for the reader and full of a passion for the great commission to seem more doable in our everyday lives. Twyla comes alongside and reminds you to draw on God as the source to draw on to make a missional life fluid and natural.
Sherry H.
Reaching out to my neighbors has never come naturally to me, and I’ve always felt a little guilty about living among people I only wave to from my driveway. Cultivating A Missional Life has urged me to open the door to my heart and invite my neighbors in with simple, practical steps I’ve never considered before. Now I feel like I can live on mission in my own neighborhood and cultivate relationships that will make a difference!
Cindy S.
Cultivating a Missional Life walks us through a beautiful, grace-filled journey of transforming our hearts and opening our homes. If you desire to live a life rich with purpose and connected in community with those around you, this book is a must read.
Joy M.
Cultivating a Missional Life brings to light how God intends for us to live in community. Twyla challenges and encourages us to connect with the people living right beside us, starting with small, practical steps. This is a beautifully written devotion that will inspire you to transform your heart and your community.
Cassie D.
Cultivating a Missional Life will remind you that your neighbors are part of your mission field. Twyla will lead you and show you how you can open your heart and your door to your neighbors. She encourages you to spread the love of Jesus through easy, practical steps. This devotional will transform your life and how you see your neighbors.
Kelly B.
Twyla Franz has written what is not only a rich devotional for beginning the journey of missional living but is also a solid and rich reminder for all Jesus followers that his call is relational and everyday. I’m grateful for these 30 days and hope to journey through them with a small group soon.
Michaela J.
This devotional encourages us to alter and adjust the rhythms of our lives to start conversations and build relationships with our neighbors resulting in changed lives, ours included.
Jackie F.
Cultivating a Missional Life is a call to open your heart and your home to your neighbors while reaching for the hand of Jesus as He gives you what you need to love others well.
I’m an introvert and homebody who can feel overwhelmed and intimidated by pursuing the people around me. In Twyla’s 30 day devotional, she does an excellent job of leading you, one baby step at a time, as you learn to live with an open door policy in your home and in your heart. I would highly recommend this for anyone who wants to take intentional steps toward pursuing others but just don’t know where to begin!
Celia M.
What’s inside the book?
- 30 short devotions that each end with a key thought to remember, a prayer, and a question to ponder.
- 5 book sections to show a roadmap of how the devotions build upon each other (Begin Within, Foundational Rhythms, Open My Eyes, Breaking Ground, and Momentum). Each section of the book ends with a Pause & Reflect Page. Included on these pages are a key concept, Scripture verses to consider, and an action step.
- Group study questions to foster community discussion of Cultivating a Missional Life
- The Uncommon Normal manifesto and instructions on where to download the free printable
