Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day - Today I am reminded again to honor the ongoing struggle for freedom, equality, and dignity for all people, and share in the efforts.
Agenda for today:
1. Intentions
2. Study
3. March
4. Index to MLK Day projects
1. Intentions:
What have I done lately to teach or support freedom, equality, and dignity for all people?
How can I better define myself as part of the human (rather than white) race?
How can I better define myself as part of the human (rather than white) race?
What are my essential intentions for equality and service?
Today I reaffirm these core values and testimonies that capture the possibility of daily right action and are useful in any situation that arises in daily life:
-I intend to testify for equality, treat every person with respect and love, and work to correct my shortfalls, because the spirit connection and common humanity of all people transcends our differences.
-I intend to serve my community and the world tirelessly, in all the ways I am led by Spirit, because I have the ability to make my community a better place for my family and my neighbors and at the same time grow in skills and compassion.
2. Study:
Each year I read some of the writing of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. This year I reread quotes from his book of sermons, "The Strength to Love" (1963), which speaks to me today.
Each year I read some of the writing of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. This year I reread quotes from his book of sermons, "The Strength to Love" (1963), which speaks to me today.
“These forces that threaten to negate life must be challenged by courage, which is the power of life to affirm itself in spite of life’s ambiguities. This requires the creative will that enables us to hew out a stone of hope from a mountain of despair.”
"We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. It is impossible even to begin the act of loving one’s enemies without the prior acceptance of the necessity, over and over again, of forgiving those who inflict evil and injury upon us."
"We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. It is impossible even to begin the act of loving one’s enemies without the prior acceptance of the necessity, over and over again, of forgiving those who inflict evil and injury upon us."
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| Banner from 2019 |
Most year I attend the annual NAACP Martin Luther King Jr. march and the following celebration. The speeches are rousing and the music is great.
This year I'm taking my nearly 2-year-old grandson to experience this tradition!
5. Index to MLK Day Projects:
I didn't have time for a project this year. Here are some projects from past years, with links:
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