I don’t know what the Democrats are talking about tonight down at the Wells Fargo Center. But I am pretty sure it doesn’t match the depth of truth-telling that has happened in this room tonight.
Given the anxiety and instability in our current moment, Dr. King asks the critical question: Are we as Americans going to seek a politics of law and order or a politics of justice and love?
Loving protesters can take their stand, not against anyone as an enemy, but with and for love for one another, not raising threatening fists or pointing accusing fingers, but simply standing with open arms and hearts full of love.
What the world needs is a public witness to the truth that can pierce through our culture's self-centeredness and demonstrate to our neighbors (and ourselves) that another world is possible.
When you go into the voting booth this coming November you should be asking, “How would Jesus vote?” And, would He put concern for the poor as a priority?
When Rosa Parks saw the killers of Emmett Till acquitted, she got stronger and took on Jim Crow. They shot at her house. They bombed her house and others, but she stood and fought. It's our time to stand and fight.