This morning, Bishop Jos (Idaho Episcopal Diocese) and I were both in Mountain Home to celebrate St. James Episcopal and Grace Lutheran sharing a priest. These two churches have long known one another, shared Advent worship services and soup suppers, shared fellowship together. This partnership grew out of fertile and tended soil. I loved that at lunch people naturally mixed at tables. For over a decade, Grace was a major distribution site for the Idaho Food Bank. They gave that up in the last few years because their older members could not physically do the work, but they recognized that their location, land, and, most importantly, commitment to loving their neighbors, can be gifts to the larger community. They are overjoyed to now have a partner in St. James Episcopal Church as they discern what will be the next form of their neighbor love. Thanks to Grace’s Council President Steve Gustafson for driving me over to LEAP Housing’s new Falcons Landing affordable housing neighborhood in Mountain Home (rentals and home ownership units)!