we are not an island
as people, as a nation
bound to our neighbors
distant others
with every soul on earth
we are bound together
united in love
our freedom diminished
incomplete
when any other
has chains on their feet
January
26, 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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