By Pastor Josh King, Valley Ridge Church, The First Baptist Church of Lewisville

“Hey, how’s your week been?”

“Not bad. Just trying to keep up with everything. You?”

“Oh, same here. Crazy season.”

It’s a simple exchange. One you might overhear in a coffee shop, while waiting outside the gym for your kid’s basketball game, or in a church hallway. Small talk. The kind of conversation we often treat as filler — something to pass the time until something more meaningful happens.

But what if this is the meaningful part?

In our world of earbuds and scrolling, it’s become normal to avoid eye contact and fill every quiet moment with a screen. But what if we chose to be a little more bold — not to preach or persuade, but simply to look someone in the eye and say hello? What if we believed tha

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