Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Page 33 Page 34 Page 35 Page 36 Page 37 Page 38 Page 39 Page 40 Page 41 Page 42 Page 43 Page 44 Page 45 Page 46 Page 47 Page 48 Page 49 Page 50 Page 51 Page 52 Page 53 Page 54 Page 55 Page 56 Page 57 Page 58 Page 59 Page 60 Page 61 Page 62 Page 63 Page 64 Page 65 Page 66 Page 67 Page 68 Page 69 Page 70 Page 71 Page 72 Page 73 Page 74 Page 75 Page 76 Page 77 Page 78 Page 79 Page 80 Page 81 Page 82 Page 83 Page 84Plough Quarterly • Autumn 2016 31 member of their denomination only shared about Jesus with someone else once every five years. He told them, “Actually, if you’re worried about your denomination, that’s what you should be most worried about.” Folks today haven’t grown up attending Sunday school or reading the Bible – it’s new to them. We’re seeing folks coming and saying, “I’m actually interested in reading the Bible. Tell me about Jesus.” Jesus tells us not to put our light under a bushel. Let’s shine not for our sake, but because we’re in love with God. Living in Community You and Katie Jo just celebrated your fifth wedding anniversary. How have those five years together changed you? Five years of marriage and we still like each other – we still love each other. It’s funny because in some ways Katie’s a lot more radical than me. When we got married, she said, “We don’t need a microwave, and we don’t need air conditioning. A lot of our neighbors don’t have it, and it’s kind of a privilege.” So we got rid of our microwave and our air conditioning, even though Philadelphia can get to 105 degrees in summer. I’ve learned a trick: you can freeze one of those big water bottles and put it in your bed and it’s your own personal air conditioner at night. One thing I’ve learned from Katie is that we’ve got to love one person well – we can’t just run programs. She had one young girl that needed a little extra help with school, and she took care of her six hours a day. Someone asked her, “Aren’t there other kids that need help?” And Katie said, “Yes, and that’s why you’re here: to do for one person what you would want to do for everybody.” We got a tandem bike for our wedding and we rode off on that with the cans rattling behind! We still ride everywhere together. A Simple Way community house Photograph from chicagonow.com