The Shroud of the Darkness

the shroud of the darkness

draped o’er us

everywhere night

knocking holes in the darkness

to let in the light

our spirits rising together

joining in our hope

making our nation bright

January 26, 2013

sermon by Adam Hamilton

https://twitter.com/RevAdamHamilton

Compassion, Vision and Perseverance: Lessons from Moses

http://www.unitedmethodistreporter.com/2013/01/adam-hamiltons-sermon-at-todays-national-prayer-service/

http://www.c-spanvideo.org/clip/4326136

http://www.adamhamilton.org/blog/view/89/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+adamhamilton%2FAdamHamiltonBlog+%28Adam+Hamilton%29#.UQGrrR3BdCY

and NPR story he references:

Rev. Kyles Remembers Martin Luther King, Jr.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122670935

http://www.nationalcathedral.org/events/PresPrayer20130122.shtml#.UP7F0B3BdCY

http://www.christianpost.com/news/inaugural-prayer-service-pastor-america-needs-a-compelling-vision-88701/

http://www.unitedmethodistreporter.com/2013/01/um-pastor-adam-hamilton-calls-on-obama-to-knock-holes-in-the-darkness/

at Inaugural Prayer Service (beginning at about 1:16:45)

http://www.c-span.org/Events/President-Obama-Attends-Inaugural-Prayer-Service/10737437391-1/

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

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