Martin Luther King
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Days 32-36 – Called to Lead – The Power of the Prism
He became one of our greatest leaders. Yet, his father whipped him regularly until he was fifteen & told a friend, “I’ll make something of him even if I have to beat him to death.” At age twelve, the same… Continue reading
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Days 21-25 – What is Radical Loving Care?
The biggest distinction between you and machines is Love. Computers can now program robots to do, or potentially do, almost everything a human can do except for one thing – to Love. Continue reading
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Days 16-18 – Touched by the Torch
“Everyone paying attention in the 1950s and ’60s knew about discrimination. Many condemned it. But, common words are not common actions. Only when we discover our insignificance can we learn our significance.” – Reverend Erie Chapman Continue reading
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Days 237-239 – Sacred Friends
“No matter how dim the air of the prison or the operating room, Love’s light lives.” – Reverend Erie Chapman Continue reading
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Days 24-26 – “Good in the Worst of Us”
“…biased thinking can affect the quality of our caregiving.” Continue reading
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Days 18-19 – American Hero
There can be no doubt that Martin Luther King, Jr. is an American hero. Continue reading
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Day 155 – the Beloved Community
Caring circles are designed to support not task work but compassion work. King wrote that “something must happen so as to touch the hearts and souls of [people] that they will come together, not because the law says it, but… Continue reading
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Day 98 – Hero Worship
We need to find, again, the voice we knew as children and pass it through our adult experience so that it may become real in the world today. Why wait for retirement to start living? Other people need our energy… Continue reading
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Day 95 – Long Live the King
Race relations in America are not as good as they need to be, but they are better. Meanwhile, today is a day we can honor a life given for Love by living Love with all those around us. And we… Continue reading
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