This made national news today, appearing on the "Today" show. I found out about in on Facebook, posted by some people I know in Iowa City. The name sounded vaguely familiar to me.
I don't know Jeremiah, but I do know his dad. Maybe I'll get to meet him soon.
Either way, this was a cool story. In the midst of a dark time when the news coming out of high schools is either about bullying or shootings, we see light in stories like these.
It seems so crazy that it made national news, though. I mean, it's so simple.
Why isn't everyone doing this?
This is the gospel message, right here. This is Jesus calling Zacchaeus out of the tree, talking to the woman at the well, and telling the Pharisees, "let he who is without sin cast the first stone." Society tells us why we aren't valuable, but Jesus comes up and tells us why we matter. It's not rocket science, it's not even deep theology.
What if we all told even one person per day why they mattered?
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