So Far to Go

Yes, we have far to go
so far to go in this world,
in this country, in the work
of the Savior, to spread love
to all our neighbors, to be a neighbor
to all in need, to all, no matter
their color, their creed,
to walk with our brothers,
our sisters, to fight for them
when they are attacked
To speak out against
intolerance, hate, cowardice
to say to those with the epithets,
with the lyrics, the noose, the swastika
the hate, that we are not afraid
that love conquers all,
that hope will prevail
if we have faith

edited August 3, 2014

So Far to Go – v2

October 11, 2007  4:07

So Far to Go

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2007/10/so-far-to-go.html

based on the finding a noose on the door

of a Columbia professor, the shooting in Ohio,

and the Jenna Six, etc., etc.

&

edited February 12, 2014

more to dream – v9

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/02/more-to-dream-v9.html

(editing version 5)

edited February 12, 2014

more to dream – v8

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/02/more-to-dream-v8.html

(editing original again)

Edited October 25, 2013

more to dream – v7

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/10/more-to-dream-v7.html

Edited September 10, 2013

more to dream – v6

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/09/more-to-dream-v6.html

Edited September 8, 2013

more to dream – v5

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/09/more-to-dream-v5.html

(editing version 3)

edited August 31, 2013

more to dream – v4

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/08/more-to-dream-v4.html

Edited August 30, 2013

more to dream – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/08/more-to-dream-v3.html

Edited August 30, 2013

more to dream – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/08/more-to-dream-v2.html

August 30, 2013

more to dream

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/08/more-to-dream.html

inspired by Twitter post

https://twitter.com/aliciakeys/status/372837509492781058

by Alicia Keys

https://twitter.com/aliciakeys

 “Dr. King taught the world to believe in the power of a dream. There's so much more to dream #MLK #MarchOn“

&

her embedded link

http://thekeysofalicia.tumblr.com/

&

August 28, 2013

“the weight of this moment”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/08/the-weight-of-this-moment.html

speech of President Obama

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/08/28/remarks-president-let-freedom-ring-ceremony-commemorating-50th-anniversa

http://www.kbtx.com/home/headlines/Full-Text-Video-of-I-Have-a-Dream-Speech-50-Years-Later-221466841.html

at 50^th anniversary of

the “I Have A Dream” speech

http://www.archives.gov/press/exhibits/dream-speech.pdf

by the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

8/28/1963

&

earlier poems

January 21, 2013

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

and his final speech before his assassination

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oehry1JC9Rk&feature=youtu.be

and Inauguration of the President

Barack Hussein Obama

Invocation

by Myrlie Evers-Williams

http://bcove.me/ugv9l9qy

Inaugural Address

http://www.politico.com/story/2013/01/president-barack-obamas-2013-inaugural-address-full-text-86497.html

&

quote in the speech, “"Our journey is not complete until our

gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law"”

https://twitter.com/whitehouse/status/293404632171048962/photo/1

&

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2009/01/not-just-dream-reality.html

&

several poems written in 2009

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/search/label/Martin%20Luther%20King

on the juxtaposition of the

80^th birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.

and the inauguration of Barack Obama

as President of the United States of America
&

edited January 19, 2015

Changing the Wind – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/01/changing-wind-v3.html

(merging edits to original and version 2)

Edited July 22, 2013

“changing the wind – v2”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/07/changing-wind-v2.html

December 7, 2007

“changing the wind”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2007/12/changing-wind.html

Based on the comments of Jim Wallis on

Speaking of Faith, November 29, 2007

http://speakingoffaith.publicradio.org/programs/jimwallis/index.shtml

He was talking about whether to change politicians

or change the wind, to change the public opinion

which guides politics. He used the example

of President Johnson’s statement to the

Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. that it would

take 5 years for a voting rights bill but

it actually took 5 months to pass the Voting Rights Act,

after the March in Selma.

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