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LESSON by Henri Nouwen

We become neighbours when we are willing to cross the road for one another. There is so much separation and segregation: between black people and white people, between gay people and straight people, between young people and old people, between sick people and healthy people, between prisoners and free people, between Jews and Gentiles, Muslims and Christians, Protestants and Catholics, Greek Catholics and Latin Catholics.

There is a lot of road crossing to do. We are all very busy in our own circles. We have our own people to go to and our own affairs to take care of. But if we could cross the street once in a while and pay attention to what is happening on the other side, we might become neighbours.

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APPLICATION by Helen Losse

There is, indeed, a lot of road crossing to do. Are you willing to leave your own little comfort zone to become a neighbor? Do you want to know what is happening on the other side? If so, joining the fight for the life of Darrell B. Grayson, scheduled to be executed next Thursday in Alabama is a perfect opportunity. All neeed information is found elsewhere on this blog.

Do you really want to become a neighbor or just toy with the idea? Next Friday is too late. This requires action – neighborly action – now. Do you recall the Biblical injunction, “Faith without works is dead”? Are you willing to “cross the road”? What on earth do you have to do between now and Thursday that matters more than life itself?

God is watching all the time.

Please write, call, or e-mail the governor of Alabama asking for a stay of execution and DNA testing, so the truth can be found.  Please pray for Darrell Grayson.