We have come far
it is true, not trying to
minimize
but to be honest…
We have far to go
so far to go in this world,
in this country, in the work
of the Savior, to spread
love
to all our neighbors, to be
a neighbor
to all in need, to all, no
matter
their color, their creed.
To walk with our brothers,
our sisters, to fight for
them
when they are attacked…
To speak out against intolerance,
hate, cowardice, to say to
those with the epithets, with
the lyrics,
the noose, the swastika, their
hate,
that we are not afraid, that
love
conquers all, that hope will
prevail
if we have faith, if we
believe,
if we dream yet today.
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edited August 3, 2014
So Far to Go – v2
October 11, 2007
4:07
So Far to Go
based on the finding a noose on the door
of a Columbia professor, the shooting in Ohio,
and the Jenna Six, etc., etc.
&
edited
February 12, 2014
more
to dream – v9
(editing
version 5)
edited
February 12, 2014
more
to dream – v8
(editing
original again)
Edited
October 25, 2013
more
to dream – v7
Edited
September 10, 2013
more
to dream – v6
Edited
September 8, 2013
more
to dream – v5
(editing
version 3)
edited
August 31, 2013
more
to dream – v4
Edited
August 30, 2013
more
to dream – v3
Edited
August 30, 2013
more
to dream – v2
August
30, 2013
more
to dream
inspired
by Twitter post
by
Alicia Keys
“Dr. King taught
the world to believe in the power of a dream. There's so much more to dream #MLK #MarchOn“
&
her embedded link
&
August
28, 2013
“the
weight of this moment”
speech
of President Obama
at
50th anniversary of
the
“I Have A Dream” speech
by
the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
8/28/1963
&
earlier
poems
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
&
&
edited
January 19, 2015
Changing
the Wind – v3
(merging
edits to original and version 2)
Edited
July 22, 2013
“changing
the wind – v2”
December 7, 2007
“changing the wind”
Based on the comments of Jim Wallis on
Speaking of Faith, November 29, 2007
He was talking about whether to change politicians
or change the wind, to change the public opinion
which guides politics. He used the example
of President Johnson’s statement to the
Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. that it would
take 5 years for a voting rights bill but
it actually took 5 months to pass the Voting Rights Act,
after the March in Selma.
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