In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, here’s a look back at the civil rights history of the church where more than 700 people met the day Reverend King made his famous “I Have a Dream” speech at the Lincoln Memorial. Built in 1815, St. John’s Church Lafayette Square in Washington,...

Sometimes I feel like Moses Or Martin Luther King On the mountain top. I can see visions Across time and space, Glory beyond description But I can tell By the pulse in my eyes That I have seen What no man can see And as I look around I see the future And the past Wrapped around me. And, for me at least, From...

Richard “Dick” Brogan was a personal friend, and he was one of my heroes. Dick was a white Mississippi Baptist minister who worked tirelessly to build relationships between whites and blacks during segregation and even up until he passed away last year. Not so long ago, Dick was followed, harassed,...

When I was a young kid, there was no official celebration of the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. To tell the truth, the Civil Rights movement was still a fairly recent event in the mid-70′s, and many adults I knew back then hadn’t exactly embraced the concept. Now that I have 30 years to...

What have they done to the earth What have they done to our fair sister Ravaged and plundered and ripped her and bit her Stuck her with knives in the side of the dawn And tied her with fences and dragged her down! The Doors The time has come for judging the dead, and for rewarding your servants the prophets…and...

Today our nation honors the life of Martin Luther King, Jr., a Christian activist who led the civil rights movement using nonviolent means.  He was assassinated for it. And though the civil rights movement continued, and though I believe that history is teleological, lately it doesn’t seem to be moving...