we bear witness
our coming together
a transfer of power
orderly, enduring
a free people debating
arguing, voting
joining under
the same constitution
a miracle really
as we survey the earth
so much struggle
blood on the turf
we bear witness
to the mettle of our
forebears
giving us freedom
now ours to ensure
January
24, 2013
sermon
by Adam Hamilton
Compassion, Vision and Perseverance: Lessons
from Moses
and
NPR story he references:
Rev.
Kyles Remembers Martin Luther King, Jr.
at
Inaugural Prayer Service (beginning at about 1:16:45)
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
&
quote
in the speech, “"Our
journey is not complete until our
gay
brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law"”
&
&
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
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