What's So Important About MLK, And Why Are We Stoppin' Work Over It?

So, today we find ourselves as a nation more divided than we have been since before the Civil Rights Era. We find ourselves more divided today than we were when women were finding their collective and individual voices. We find ourselves more economically divided than we have ever been. And we are at a crossroads. Do we capitulate to the power of greed and fear? Do we just try to enjoy what we have, hoping it will not be taken away by the vagaries of fortune or politics? Do we risk what we have to find that place of amity which we used to value called the quaint name "Common Good"?

Maybe.

If we heed these words:

With this faith, we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. With this faith, we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With this faith, we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day.

Maybe.


Martin Luther King spoke those words about 43 years ago, and each year they resonate in the hearts of those who remember "Common Good", especially on this, his birthday.


Maybe. If we can find, again, that faith.


Thanks to Matt for this link to the whole speech.