Dr. King's Birthday

Today is the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. birthday. I encourage you to go YouTube and listen to a sermon he preached (there are several there). Or Google and re-read, “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”. Dr. King’s words are powerful and as true today as when he first wrote/spoke them. I am so taken by his opening response in the Letter from a Birmingham Jail to people who were criticizing him and essentially telling him he was wrong. Dr. King didn’t respond by belittling others, calling names, or throwing verbal punches (as happens too frequently today). Dr. King sought to answer with words that are thoughtful and challenging. He writes, “Moreover, I am cognizant of the interrelatedness of all communities and states. I cannot sit idly by in Atlanta and not be concerned about what happens in Birmingham. Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere . We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one di