Open Doors, Open Hearts

By Brian Bethel
Abilene Reporter-News

SHREVEPORT, La. - The idea seems perhaps a bit too simple - get to know other people and your attitude toward them must change.

Suddenly, they become individuals, not objects. Neighbors, not strangers.

Maybe you start to care about them as people.

And then, maybe goodness, mercy, friendship, and hope can be restored to the world.

Here in Shreveport, people who daily see the fruits of Shreveport-Bossier Community Renewal say that deceptively simple idea is working. Visionaries who are bringing a similar program to Abilene believe it will work here, too.

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