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???”,
by Reverend Huntley Halvorson,
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
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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