Monday, January 21, 2013

Forty Years – v2



Forty years, now fifty,
in the desert, on this journey
fifty years since he saw the mountaintop
forty years wandering, wondering,
where is the promised land

A new leader rising, a new day dawning
changing the color of the nation
a chance for change, for hope
for a new time of freedom
for transformation of our spirits

Our day is coming, our time in the wilderness ending
a new moment for love, for unity, for peace
may we now take advantage
of this singular time, may we not sleep
while there is work yet to be done

May the words of the Master,
and the life of his servant Martin
live out in the life of this nation
until all are truly free
and all may see the promised land



January 21, 2013
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
and his final speech before his assassination
and Inauguration of the President
Barack Hussein Obama
Invocation
by Myrlie Evers-Williams
Inaugural Address
&
&
several poems written in 2009
on the juxtaposition of the
80th birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.
and the inauguration of Barack Obama
as President of the United States of America
January 18, 2009
the message, “It’s not just a dream but a reality”
on the sign in front of church,
the story of Moses and Joshua,
Deuteronomy 34:1-12
Joshua 1:1-9
along with
Micah 4:1-4
Matthew 5:43-48
the sermon, “Love Your Who???”,
and the hypothetical put to Eric Holder, nominee for Attorney General,
by Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) on the use of waterboarding,
January 15, 2009, during his Senate Confirmation Hearings,




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