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Martin Luther King Jr

Read more about the article Scorned for Following Jesus | Life to the Full
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Scorned for Following Jesus | Life to the Full

  • Post published:July 19, 2023
  • Post category:Faith
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  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker

Everyone who became involved in the Civil Rights movement under Martin Luther King’s leadership was asked to sign their name to King’s Ten Commandments of Non-violence (see photo below). Those…

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Read more about the article 3 Reasons I’m Grateful for the Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King Jr.

3 Reasons I’m Grateful for the Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King Jr.

  • Post published:January 16, 2023
  • Post category:Healing/Privilege and Race
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  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker

Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. wasn’t a perfect man. He didn’t have unflagging faith. His faith began as a more abstract intellectual pursuit and became more and more personal…

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Read more about the article Another School Shooting: Is There Light in the Darkness?
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Another School Shooting: Is There Light in the Darkness?

  • Post published:May 25, 2022
  • Post category:Current Events/Healing
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“Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that.” –Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Strength to Love I went…

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Has Anything Changed?

  • Post published:January 17, 2022
  • Post category:Privilege and Race
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Fifty-four years after Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King was shot and killed outside a motel in Memphis, has anything changed? Two years after the “racial reckoning” sparked by the murder…

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Read more about the article The Means We Employ and the End We Seek

The Means We Employ and the End We Seek

  • Post published:May 3, 2021
  • Post category:Privilege and Race
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“As you continue your righteous protest...Be sure that the means you employ are as pure as the end you seek. Never succumb to the temptation of being bitter. As you…

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Read more about the article Strength to Love: Words of Hope and Challenge

Strength to Love: Words of Hope and Challenge

  • Post published:April 19, 2021
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Sometimes I forget that Martin Luther King Jr. was a preacher and a pastor, concerned about the practical, real-life, soul-health, spiritual well-being of his congregation. But his message of nonviolent…

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