“Won’t You Be My Neighbor?”
This year, Jazz @ Emmanuel brings to you themes addressed by Mr. Rogers over the years, as only Jazz @ Emmanuel can.
September 9. Come as You Are
October 14. True Colors
November 11. Harvest of the Heart
December 9. No Vacancy/Vacancy
January 13. Standing on the Mountain Top
February 10. The Heart of the Matter
March 10. Wild Women Don’t Get the Blues
April 14. Broken Dreams
May 12. End/Beginning
The bible speaks of how we are to treat our neighbor at least 43 times. The most famous discourse is this:
The Greatest Commandment
28 One of the teachers of the law came and heard them debating. Noticing that Jesus had given them a good answer, he asked him, “Of all the commandments, which is the most important?” 29 “The most important one,” answered Jesus, “is this: ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.[e] 30 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’[f] 31 The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’[g] There is no commandment greater than these.”
Today I will ask myself, “Who is my neighbor? Lord, what would you have me do to show that I am his neighbor?”
