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How Does Courage Become “Joy in the City”? (Acts 7:59–8:8) · Daily Bible Refresh

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  Acts
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  7:59
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  8,
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  verse
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  8
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  from
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  the
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  Message
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  as
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  the
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  rocks
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  rained
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  down,
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  Stephen
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  prayed,
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  Master,
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  Jesus,
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  take
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  my
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  life.
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  Then
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  he
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  knelt
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  down,
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  praying
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  loud
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  enough
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  for
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  everyone
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  to
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  hear.
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  Master,
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  don't
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  blame
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  them
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  for
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  this
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  sin.
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  His
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  last
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  words.
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  Then
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  he
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  died.
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  Saul
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  was
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  right
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  there
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  congratulating
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  the
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  killers,
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  Simon
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  the
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  Wizard.
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  That
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  set
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  off
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  a
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  terrific
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  persecution
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  of
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  the
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  church
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  in
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  Jerusalem.
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  The
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  believers
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  were
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  all
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  scattered
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  through
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  Judea
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  and
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  Samaria.
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  All
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  that
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  is
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  but
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  the
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  apostles
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  good
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  and
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  brave
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  men
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  buried
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  Stephen,
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  giving
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  him
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  a
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  solemn
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  funeral.
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  Not
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  many
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  dry
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  eyes
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  that
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  day
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  and
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  Saul
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  just
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  went
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  wild,
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  devastating
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  the
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  church,
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  entering
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  house
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  after
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  house,
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  dragging
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  men
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  and
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  women
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  off
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  to
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  jail.
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  Forced
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  to
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  leave
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  home
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  base,
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  the
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  followers
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  of
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  Jesus
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  all
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  became
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  missionaries
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  wherever
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  they
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  were.
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  Scattered,
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  they
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  preached
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  the
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  message
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  about
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  Jesus
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  going
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  down
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  to
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  a
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  Samaritan
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  city,
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  Philip
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  proclaimed
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  the
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  message
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  of
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  the
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  Messiah.
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  When
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  the
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  people
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  heard
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  that
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  what
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  he
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  had
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  to
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  say
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  and
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  saw
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  the
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  miracles,
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  the
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  clear
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  signs
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  of
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  God's
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  actions,
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  they
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  hung
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  on
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  his
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  every
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  word.
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  Many
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  who
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  could
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  neither
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  stand
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  nor
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  walk
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  were
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  healed
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  that
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  day.
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  The
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  evil
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  spirits
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  protested
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  loudly
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  as
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  they
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  were
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  sent
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  on
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  their
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  way.
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  And
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  what
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  joy
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  was
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  in
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  the
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  city
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  that
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  ends
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  the
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  reading.
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  Friends,
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  I
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  just
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  want
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  to
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  thank
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  you
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  for
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  making
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  a
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  little
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  space
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  for
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  me
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  and
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  your
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  life
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  today.
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  Our
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  passage
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  here
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  is
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  from
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  Acts
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  chapter
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  7:59,
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  88
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  and
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  it's
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  all
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  about
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  Stephen
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  being
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  killed
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  and
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  praying
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  for
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  forgiveness
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  and
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  the
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  persecution
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  that
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  followed
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  that
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  with
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  Saul
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  later
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  becoming
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  Paul,
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  wanting
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  to
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  just
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  really
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  scatter
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  the
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  Jesus
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  community.
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  And
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  yet
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  out
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  of
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  that
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  scattering
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  came
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  the
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  good
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  thing.
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  Philip
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  goes
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  to
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  Samaria
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  and
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  crosses
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  the
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  social
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  border
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  that
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  that
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  was
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  all
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  about
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  and
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  proclaims
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  the
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  good
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  news
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  and
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  people
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  are
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  healed.
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  Freedom
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  breaks
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  in
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  and
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  there's
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  joy
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  in
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  the
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  city.
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  Let's
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  go
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  a
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  little
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  deeper
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  with
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  some
• 3:10
  points
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  to
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  ponder,
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  teaching
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  points
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  from
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  a
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  progressive
• 3:13
  point
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  of
• 3:14
  view.
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  The
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  first
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  is
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  that
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  nonviolence
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  is
• 3:17
  not
• 3:17
  passivity.
• 3:18
  It's
• 3:19
  prophetic
• 3:19
  courage.
• 3:20
  Stephen's
• 3:21
  last
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  words
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  are
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  forgiveness
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  not
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  because
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  harm
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  is
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  okay,
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  but
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  because
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  he
• 3:26
  refuses
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  to
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  mirror
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  the
• 3:28
  violence.
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  Progressive
• 3:30
  faith
• 3:30
  takes
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  that
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  seriously.
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  We
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  name
• 3:32
  injustice
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  directly
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  and
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  choose
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  nonviolent
• 3:36
  trauma.
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  Informed
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  responses
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  that
• 3:38
  protect
• 3:39
  people
• 3:39
  and
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  interrupt
• 3:40
  cycles
• 3:41
  of
• 3:41
  harm.
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  Forgiveness
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  here
• 3:43
  is
• 3:43
  moral
• 3:44
  clarity
• 3:45
  plus
• 3:45
  boundary
• 3:46
  setting.
• 3:46
  It
• 3:47
  refuses
• 3:48
  dehumanization
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  on
• 3:50
  both
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  sides.
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  Another
• 3:52
  point
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  to
• 3:53
  ponder.
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  When
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  the
• 3:55
  center
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  breaks,
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  the
• 3:56
  mission
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  decentralizes.
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  When
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  I
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  want
• 3:59
  you
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  to
• 3:59
  get
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  this
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  point
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  here.
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  The
• 4:01
  persecution
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  of
• 4:02
  the
• 4:02
  Christians
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  by
• 4:05
  the
• 4:06
  Romans
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  and
• 4:06
  by
• 4:06
  Saul
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  scatters
• 4:08
  the
• 4:08
  believers.
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  And
• 4:09
  it
• 4:09
  says
• 4:10
  all
• 4:10
  became
• 4:11
  missionaries.
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  That
• 4:13
  is,
• 4:13
  the
• 4:14
  gospel
• 4:14
  didn't
• 4:14
  collapse
• 4:15
  when
• 4:15
  it
• 4:15
  was
• 4:15
  scattered.
• 4:16
  It
• 4:16
  spread,
• 4:18
  it
• 4:18
  localizes.
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  And
• 4:20
  progressive
• 4:20
  communities
• 4:21
  can
• 4:21
  lean
• 4:21
  into
• 4:21
  this.
• 4:23
  Not
• 4:23
  into
• 4:23
  celebrity
• 4:24
  platforms,
• 4:25
  but
• 4:25
  shared
• 4:25
  leadership,
• 4:27
  mutual
• 4:27
  aid,
• 4:27
  house
• 4:28
  to
• 4:28
  house
• 4:28
  care,
• 4:29
  and
• 4:29
  neighbors
• 4:30
  empowering
• 4:30
  neighbors.
• 4:31
  The
• 4:32
  movement
• 4:33
  moves
• 4:33
  best
• 4:34
  when
• 4:34
  power
• 4:35
  is
• 4:35
  shared.
• 4:37
  Another
• 4:37
  point
• 4:38
  to
• 4:38
  ponder
• 4:39
  is
• 4:39
  good
• 4:39
  news
• 4:39
  crosses
• 4:40
  borders
• 4:40
  and
• 4:41
  reduces
• 4:42
  suffering.
• 4:43
  Philip
• 4:44
  goes
• 4:44
  to
• 4:44
  Samaria.
• 4:45
  That's
• 4:45
  an
• 4:46
  important
• 4:46
  point
• 4:47
  because
• 4:48
  Jewish
• 4:48
  folks
• 4:49
  would
• 4:49
  avoid
• 4:49
  Samaria.
• 4:50
  It
• 4:51
  was
• 4:51
  a
• 4:51
  dangerous
• 4:51
  place
• 4:52
  to
• 4:52
  go.
• 4:53
  And
• 4:54
  yet
• 4:54
  he
• 4:55
  goes
• 4:55
  there,
• 4:55
  Philip
• 4:56
  goes
• 4:56
  there,
• 4:56
  and
• 4:57
  tangible
• 4:57
  healing
• 4:58
  follows.
• 4:59
  A
• 5:00
  progressive
• 5:00
  reading
• 5:01
  says
• 5:01
  salvation
• 5:01
  looks
• 5:02
  like
• 5:02
  bodies
• 5:02
  and
• 5:03
  systems
• 5:03
  getting
• 5:04
  freer
• 5:06
  to
• 5:06
  access
• 5:06
  to
• 5:07
  care.
• 5:08
  Stigma
• 5:08
  of
• 5:08
  mental
• 5:09
  health
• 5:09
  issues
• 5:09
  dismantled.
• 5:10
  Inclusion
• 5:11
  made
• 5:11
  real
• 5:13
  and
• 5:13
  the
• 5:13
  result.
• 5:13
  It
• 5:14
  says
• 5:14
  here
• 5:14
  in
• 5:14
  the
• 5:14
  scripture
• 5:14
  that
• 5:15
  there
• 5:15
  was
• 5:15
  great
• 5:16
  joy
• 5:16
  in
• 5:17
  the
• 5:17
  city.
• 5:18
  So
• 5:18
  if
• 5:19
  our
• 5:19
  witness
• 5:19
  doesn't
• 5:19
  lower
• 5:20
  the
• 5:20
  community's
• 5:20
  pain
• 5:20
  levels.
• 5:21
  Where
• 5:21
  I'm
• 5:22
  missing
• 5:22
  the
• 5:22
  plot,
• 5:25
  let's
• 5:25
  talk
• 5:25
  about
• 5:25
  an
• 5:25
  action
• 5:26
  step
• 5:26
  you
• 5:26
  can
• 5:26
  take.
• 5:27
  Cross
• 5:28
  a
• 5:28
  border
• 5:28
  and
• 5:28
  reduce
• 5:29
  a
• 5:29
  burden.
• 5:29
  Let
• 5:30
  me
• 5:30
  clarify
• 5:30
  that.
• 5:31
  Identify
• 5:32
  a
• 5:32
  Samaria
• 5:33
  in
• 5:33
  your
• 5:33
  world
• 5:33
  that
• 5:34
  is
• 5:34
  a
• 5:34
  person
• 5:34
  or
• 5:34
  a
• 5:35
  group
• 5:35
  or
• 5:35
  a
• 5:35
  place
• 5:36
  that
• 5:36
  you've
• 5:36
  kept
• 5:36
  your
• 5:37
  distance
• 5:37
  from.
• 5:38
  Maybe
• 5:38
  a
• 5:39
  neighborhood
• 5:39
  you
• 5:39
  didn't,
• 5:39
  you
• 5:40
  don't
• 5:40
  quite
• 5:40
  like
• 5:40
  to
• 5:40
  visit.
• 5:41
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• 5:41
  it
• 5:42
  may
• 5:42
  be
• 5:42
  a
• 5:42
  class
• 5:43
  issue
• 5:43
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• 5:43
  a
• 5:44
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• 5:44
  issue
• 5:45
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• 5:45
  a
• 5:45
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• 5:46
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• 5:46
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• 5:46
  religion
• 5:47
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• 5:48
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• 5:48
  a
• 5:48
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• 5:49
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• 5:49
  issue
• 5:49
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• 5:50
  an
• 5:50
  a
• 5:50
  mental
• 5:51
  illness
• 5:51
  issue
• 5:51
  or
• 5:52
  something
• 5:52
  else
• 5:52
  that
• 5:53
  you
• 5:53
  got
• 5:53
  issues
• 5:54
  with
• 5:55
  and
• 5:55
  take
• 5:55
  a
• 5:55
  concrete
• 5:56
  step
• 5:56
  to
• 5:56
  go
• 5:56
  across
• 5:57
  that
• 5:57
  border
• 5:58
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• 5:58
  to
• 6:01
  engage
• 6:01
  in
• 6:01
  a
• 6:01
  relationship.
• 6:03
  Find
• 6:03
  some
• 6:03
  way
• 6:03
  to
• 6:04
  ease
• 6:04
  a
• 6:04
  suffering.
• 6:05
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• 6:06
  somebody
• 6:06
  a
• 6:06
  ride
• 6:06
  to
• 6:07
  a
• 6:07
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• 6:07
  appointment,
• 6:08
  help
• 6:08
  with
• 6:08
  some
• 6:08
  form
• 6:09
  of
• 6:09
  bills.
• 6:09
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• 6:10
  it's
• 6:10
  financial
• 6:11
  investment
• 6:11
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• 6:12
  perhaps
• 6:12
  it's
• 6:12
  some
• 6:13
  form
• 6:13
  of
• 6:14
  intellectual
• 6:15
  investment.
• 6:15
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• 6:15
  someone
• 6:15
  do
• 6:16
  their
• 6:16
  taxes,
• 6:16
  for
• 6:16
  instance.
• 6:17
  Maybe
• 6:18
  something
• 6:18
  like
• 6:18
  delivering
• 6:19
  meals
• 6:19
  or
• 6:20
  contributing
• 6:20
  to
• 6:21
  some
• 6:21
  mutual
• 6:21
  aid
• 6:21
  group.
• 6:23
  Or
• 6:23
  invite
• 6:23
  someone
• 6:24
  just
• 6:24
  to
• 6:24
  listen,
• 6:24
  have
• 6:25
  a
• 6:25
  conversation,
• 6:27
  play,
• 6:28
  you
• 6:29
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• 6:29
  play
• 6:29
  chess
• 6:29
  in
• 6:29
  the
• 6:30
  park,
• 6:30
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• 6:31
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• 6:31
  fixing,
• 6:33
  just
• 6:33
  presence.
• 6:34
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• 6:34
  if
• 6:34
  you
• 6:34
  have
• 6:34
  some
• 6:34
  influence
• 6:35
  in.
• 6:35
  Some
• 6:35
  group,
• 6:36
  church,
• 6:37
  workplace,
• 6:37
  city
• 6:38
  government,
• 6:39
  politics
• 6:40
  back
• 6:40
  a
• 6:41
  policy
• 6:41
  or
• 6:42
  practice
• 6:42
  that
• 6:42
  decentralizes
• 6:43
  care
• 6:44
  and
• 6:44
  benevolence,
• 6:45
  funds
• 6:45
  peer
• 6:45
  support
• 6:46
  groups,
• 6:46
  shared
• 6:47
  leadership
• 6:47
  with
• 6:47
  marginalized
• 6:48
  voices,
• 6:49
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• 6:49
  a
• 6:49
  paid
• 6:49
  caregiving
• 6:50
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• 6:50
  are
• 6:50
  some
• 6:50
  examples
• 6:51
  of
• 6:51
  that.
• 6:52
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• 6:53
  going
• 6:53
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• 6:53
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• 6:53
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• 6:53
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• 6:53
  a
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• 6:54
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• 6:54
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• 6:54
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• 6:54
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• 6:54
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• 6:55
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• 6:55
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• 6:55
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• 6:55
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• 6:55
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• 6:55
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• 7:12
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• 7:22
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• 7:22
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• 7:23
  the
• 7:23
  violence
• 7:24
  we're
• 7:24
  trying
• 7:24
  to
• 7:24
  heal.
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• 7:26
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• 7:27
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• 7:27
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• 7:27
  laughter
• 7:28
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• 7:29
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• 7:30
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• 7:30
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• 7:30
  rides
• 7:30
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• 7:31
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• 7:31
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• 7:32
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• 7:32
  presents.
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• 7:34
  patients
• 7:34
  and
• 7:34
  caregivers,
• 7:35
  the
• 7:36
  overwhelmed
• 7:36
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• 7:36
  the
• 7:37
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• 7:37
  night
• 7:38
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• 7:38
  workers,
• 7:38
  new
• 7:39
  parents,
• 7:39
  people
• 7:40
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• 7:40
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• 7:40
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• 7:41
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• 7:41
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• 7:41
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• 7:42
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• 7:42
  us
• 7:42
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• 7:43
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• 7:43
  hallways
• 7:43
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• 7:44
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• 7:44
  trails,
• 7:45
  in
• 7:45
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• 7:46
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• 7:47
  as
• 7:47
  we
• 7:47
  cheer
• 7:48
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• 7:48
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• 7:48
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• 7:49
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• 7:50
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• 7:50
  be
• 7:50
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• 7:50
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• 7:51
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• 7:51
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• 7:52
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• 7:52
  the
• 7:52
  giggles
• 7:53
  and
• 7:53
  laughter
• 7:53
  of
• 7:53
  children.
• 7:55
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• 7:55
  our
• 7:55
  neighborhoods
• 7:56
  feel
• 7:57
  your
• 7:57
  nearness
• 7:58
  until
• 7:58
  there's
• 7:58
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• 7:59
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• 7:59
  more
• 7:59
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• 8:09
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• 8:09
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• 8:10
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