Fight the New Fights - A Fourth Way to Respond to the Letter from Birmingham Jail
By David Drury
Fourth in a series of five
We would too often like to freeze our Black leaders in carbonine, making them our own "Han Solo of 1968," rather than letting them live on in their own path. We do this with Martin Luther King, Jr. himself. Since he was killed in his prime we can think that he would have continued to fight the same fight in the same way. But we see by reading his works and speeches that he was already working for many other oppressed people, the poor in particular. One of the ways I can learn from the Letter from Birmingham Jail is to unfreeze MLK and let his movement live on again in my heart by fighting the new fights.
I'll return to this thought at the end of this, but for now let me say that I think that the Letter from Birmingham Jail inspires me to think about the cultural evils all around me that make things "okay" that are simply not "okay." Many of our cultural evils are perpetuated in a way that have little to do with the law, and are instead about just plain old sin. Around the world people are always inventing ways to oppress other people, or they are resurrecting old patterns of oppression (the history of Afganistan is a case-study in the latter.) Full Article HERE
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Pray4Reform Day of Prayer and ActionEvangelical Immigration TableWednesday, July 24, 2013 from 10:00 AM to 8:00 PM (EDT) Evangelical Day of Prayer and Action on July 24th in Washington, D.C. As we continue to pray for reform, we also need to ensure that Congress hears our prayers. That's why we're holding a worship service at 10 a.m. and then heading up to the Capitol to meet with lawmakers. We hope you'll join us. More info HERE Link to CCT statement on Immigration Reform - HERE Southern California: Half-time position working in a transitional leadership capacity with the Southern California Ecumenical Council. Go to http://scec1.org/ for the position description, found in the Resources tab. Feel free to spread the word on this! Presbyterian Peace Fellowship is Hiring -- Colombia Accompaniment Coordinator. Info HERE |
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