The Week After MLK Day
The misuse of his words imply that King was primarily teaching a minority people how to suffer well rather than pushing for personal change within the hearts of, and systemic change within the structures of, majority peoples.
Where Do We Go from Here?
Our country is aching to see the strength it takes to accept responsibility for more than our own individual acts. To be wrong, and admit it. To be the first to apologize. To accept the hard truth that we’ve sown bitterness and are reaping violence. Violence doesn’t start in our fists, it is born in our hearts.
Revolutionary Love Is The Way To Racial Healing
Within our denominations, grassroots justice organizations, organizing networks, and movement partners, we have engaged in the best of our sacred traditions to pursue a vision of Beloved Community, of an America that is yet to be, of a nation where ancient breaches are repaired.
What’s Next for the Poor People’s Campaign?
How can we remake America so that “We the People” means all of us?
Why Racial Reconciliation Isn’t The Answer to Racial Violence
It’s wrong to hold the abused partner equally responsible for reconciling with the abuser
Don’t Domesticate MLK
Like it or not, Martin Luther King was controversial — and political.
Dr. King and Our Children: How to talk about and model his dream
JAN 21, 2014 | BY: KRISTEN HOWERTON -- As we celebrate the impact of Dr. King, I’ve seen many links to posts about how to talk to...
Why I’m Fasting with the Dream 9
JULY 28, 2013 | BY: JONATHAN WILSON-HARTGROVE -- When the DREAM Act failed, these young people of great faith did not give up...
Dr. Vincent Harding, MLK & The One’s We’ve Been Waiting For (with AUDIO)
May 7, 2013 | BY: JARROD MCKENNA -- Who are we building into? Who are we teaching what we’ve been taught? I ask this of us...
The Church and the New Civil Rights Movement
Richard “Dick” Brogan was a personal friend, and he was one of my heroes.
Dick was a white Mississippi Baptist minister who worked tirelessly to build relationships between whites and blacks during segregatio...