As we remember Dr. King this weekend, I have one question for you: “where is your village?” If we are to continue the work of Civil Rights, of human rights, if we are to seek to follow Jesus, I think it would benefit us all to ask, “where is your village?” Because, no one, not Moses, not Jesus, not Dr. King gets to the promised land alone.
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The Challenging Sainthood of Dr. King
https://youtu.be/fcHWbi0JNYY?list=PLuR3t84V2Eyc_7qG7848UNOgEezIpaVkK I remember hearing Dr. King’s “I have a dream” speech as a little kid. I remember well, it was the early days of CD-ROM software for the computer, and our school had received a donation of an early digital encyclopedia. The article about Dr. King included a recording. Not the whole speech, not theContinueContinue reading “The Challenging Sainthood of Dr. King”
Martin Luther King, Mountaintops, and Unfinished Business
Martin Luther King knew that his unfinished business was God’s unfinished business, and he could count on the people of God to keep leading the way.
Where do we begin? A sermon for the First Sunday after the Epiphany
Where do we begin? I find myself focused this morning on beginnings. “In the beginning,” the first words of the Bible. Really, the first word. “Berishit” in Hebrew, just one word. “In the beginning.” Mark’s Gospel also centers on a beginning. Mark, as usual, wastes no time. John announces “one is coming after me,” andContinueContinue reading “Where do we begin? A sermon for the First Sunday after the Epiphany”
Mike Angell 