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The Chibi News Daily Reflection
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Hello, my name is Joel Knight and I'm a vicar in the Church of England
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This week we're reflecting on an encounter Jesus has in Luke chapter 17
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It reads as follows, As Jesus was going into a village, ten men who had leprosy met him
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They stood at a distance. They stood far off, apart. It was a sad custom of the day for lepers to be kept distant
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cast out or just on the outside looking in. Much has changed for the better since
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But every society has its outcasts. The child on the playground cast out for the wrong look, the wrong clothes
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The student cast out for an unfortunate social interaction. Social media is our new town square where pylon shamings make our castings out public to the world
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I suspect many of us have experienced being the outcast and that can be a painful and
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lonely experience desperate for someone to draw near I suspect many of us have experience of
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keeping our distance from outcasts careful not to speak up in support careful not to get too close
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how do we respond to the outcast how do we respond to being the outcast how do we think
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Jesus treats outcasts
