I love questions that seek to create opportunities to share the simple 'love' of Jesus. So I offered a quick list of suburbia ideas for the caller to consider for her 'neck of the Northern California suburbia woods'

I've always felt awkward when I'm resting at a stop light, trying not to look at the homeless panhandler (Icon of God) out my driver's side window. I know, I know..."they do this as a scam to make easy money off of guilt ridden passers-by." I don't care. I want to meet a need, and I want to do it cheerfully and loving.

Whenever I go to McDonald's or any fast food location of your appetite's choice, I buy multiple $5 gift cards.

Last week I purchased $25 worth and placed the cards above my car's visor. Now, whenever I see someone asking for 'some help', I quickly pull one of the cards out from the visor and tell them to go get a warm lunch on me.

If the light is longer than normal, it creates a conversation.

I now pray for "Jimmy" on a daily basis, and I look for him each Wednesday afternoon during my drive into the radio station. We've struck up a dialog each time I've handed him the card. He's confounded at the 'love in forethought' that goes into buying the cards. Last week a small break through... he told me to keep praying for him as I drove away.

In my neighborhood, buying a new car is suburbia identity. Rather than attacking the purchase with a judgmental attitude, I'm determined to join the temporal excitement. Recently a neighbor came home with a new BMW. He was washing it in the drive, and showing it off to all the fellow gawkers on our street.

I had to journey out to the store and picked up a few items, I added some car wash detergent, a sponge and a bucket. I went down the street and dropped it off as a 'car warming gift' for him and his family (really, just him, it's "his" car).

As we stood and talked, his interest moved from his new car to me; "Why would you think of such a thing as this?" He was drawn to the special attention and the effort to meet him at his celebration. After our conversation, all I could tell myself was, "there is more to this relationship, stay tuned."