Tag: martin luther king jr
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A Sermon on MLK Weekend: The Injustices of Earth and the Resources of Heaven
Most of you know my oldest son and you know that, like his younger son, he is adopted. You may not know that my son can trace his ethnicity through Filipino people, Puerto Rican people, and, especially, African American people. My son is five years old. This means that in seven years he will be…
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Ed Gilbreath at Chicago Revolution
A couple of weekends ago New Community had the chance to host, along with some other neighborhood churches, my friend Ed Gilbreath. I reviewed Ed’s new book, Birmingham Revolution, a few months back. For the Chicago Revolution conference Ed spoke about Rev. Martin Luther King’s time in Birmingham, paying special attention to his time in jail…
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Grieving Every Slain Child
We welcomed a guest preacher at New Community this morning, so I took a few minutes before his sermon to reflect on the violence of this past week before we spent time in silence and prayer. Early on a Sunday morning in September 1953, four members of the Alabama Klu Klux Klan placed dynamite under…
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How much of Dr King can we claim?
I’ve have a personal tendency to claim Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s legacy when it is convenient to do so. This is especially true each year on the third Monday in January, when our nation celebrates Martin Luther King Jr Day. In the time that has passed since Dr King’s death, his words and actions…
David W. Swanson 