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I wonder how much of society has moved from the front porch to the back patio. We certainly have more space behind our house... but we're more isolated as well. It was true when we lived in the suburbs, too -- we rarely sat out front and talked to our neighbors.
We're isolated in different ways. It's strange how often you can be surrounded with people and still be isolated. In Jesus' time, this leper would have been very isolated, and so it's remarkable that Jesus reaches out and touches him. It violates all the social norms... and yet Jesus longs to break down the barriers that isolate us, to build a community of broken people. So may we join the effort -- giving thanks at the ways Jesus includes us, and looking for ways to include others.
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