Participating in the Dreams of God*

Martin Luther King, August 28, 1963
If you have never watched the entire speech, here is a longer version. MLK’s vision was more than just a dream he imagined we could accomplish, and more than what the “American Dream” can provide. Here he stands in the prophetic tradition of announcing the coming [...]

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“If I do not stop to help this man, what will happen to him?”

Martin Luther King, Jr., “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop,” April 3, 1968
(Closing only)

If you didn’t get a good enough sermon already today, the links below are the entire Memphis speech, for the cause of sanitation workers, given the evening before King’s assassination. Some of the accompanying slides are a little [...]

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“. . . to take the Gospel seriously. . .”

Martin Luther King, “Why I Am Opposed to the War in Vietnam”

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Remaining Awake through a Great Revolution

MLK’s sermon at the National Cathedral came up yesterday in class, as we discussed the sermons of anti-apartheid pastor Peter Storey. Storey says, “sometimes we let our institutions do our sinning for us.” Here are a few exerpts from King, or read the whole thing, where he stands in our national pulpit and takes on [...]

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MLK

If you didn’t already take time to hear the Reverend Dr. King speak, it’s always a good day to do it. If you’re not a TV watcher, Larry James posted the text of “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” on his blog.
When I’ve tried to illustrate what difference the biblical vision makes [...]

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