Texts: Amos 5: 14-24; Luke 17: 5-10
“Jumping off the gw bridge sorry” was the simple, one line comment on Tyler Clementi’s Facebook page. Outed in a most humiliating way through a video posted on the internet by his roommate, this brilliant young musician simply could not face going on with his life. And he’s not the only one. Seth Walsh, bullied by his classmates because of his suspected sexual orientation, hanged himself but lingered for nine days on life support before he died; he was 13 years old. In Cypress, Texas, another 13-year old, Asher Brown, shot himself for much the same reason. The list goes on and on.
Three hundred years ago it was possible to flee a society out to get you by leaving Massachusetts Bay and settling in the marshlands of New Jersey. But the world has not only grown smaller....
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 "He has told you, O mortal, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?" MICAH 6:8 NRSV |
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