hearing the thread of history - v5

If we listen to these words

the story of that people

of their slavery in Egypt

of the choice of their leader;

hearing the thread of history

echoing down through the ages

Echoes in our own land

of another time, a leader

freeing our fellow man;

war was the crucible

reforming, refining

reshaping our union

and freeing that people

Echoes too, this century

struggles of that same people

seeking greater liberty

respect, the right to vote;

equality in our time

a more perfect union

A more perfect nation

but the work continues;

when race will not matter;

our journey not complete

more work remaining

until all are truly equal

equal to our creed

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edited January 31, 2015

hearing the thread of history  - v5

(merging edits to version 4 and version 3)

edited January 22, 2015

hearing the thread of history – v4

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/01/hearing-thread-of-history-v4.html

(editing version 2)

edited January 22, 2015

hearing the thread of history – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/01/hearing-thread-of-history-v3.html

(editing version 1)

January 23, 2013

hearing the thread of history – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/01/hearing-thread-of-history-v2.html

January 23, 2013

hearing the thread of history

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/01/hearing-thread-of-history.html

edited January 22, 2015

The echoes of their steps – v4

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/01/the-echoes-of-their-steps-v4.html

(editing version 2)

edited January 22, 2015

The echoes of their steps – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/01/the-echoes-of-their-steps-v3.html

(editing version 1 again)

Edited January 23, 2013

“The echoes of their steps – v2”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-echoes-of-their-steps-v2.html

January 23, 2013

“The echoes of their steps”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-echoes-of-their-steps.html

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

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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