Listening to the power of his speech,
to the prayers he had for his children
Reading the words of his son,
his namesake, written today
Thinking about his daughters,
in the world they live in today
all of the changes, all of the progress
since that day, so long ago
Praying for his daughters, and my girls
that the world in which they raise their children
would be the fulfillment of his dream
a world of equality and peace
Wanting that change to happen
for our nation to rise to our promise
that all our people would be equal
whatever their race, their color
the same as you and me
January 21, 2013
Martin Luther
King, Jr. Day
and his final
speech before his assassination
and Inauguration
of the President
Barack Hussein
Obama
&
&
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
along with
January 19, 2009
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
watching his “I have a dream” speech with my family;
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
Micah 4:1-4
Matthew 5:43-48
the sermon, “Love Your Who???”,
by Reverend Huntley Halvorson,
Suncook United Methodist Church,
Suncook, NH
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