MLK, Jr.

As I think about Martin Luther King, Jr. today and the struggle for equality that he led, I am reminded of the battles for equality that continue to rage on in the country where I live and all over the world. What can I do? Well, I can pray and hope and love my neighbor as myself. Regardless of my neighbors race, sex, beliefs, history, etc. And I can forgive and ask for forgiveness. For in forgiveness and grace there is freedom.


I give you these words from James Taylor's song Shed a Little Light.

Let us turn our thoughts today to Martin Luther King
and recognize that there are ties between us,
all men and women living on the Earth.
Ties of hope and love, of sister and brotherhood.
That we are bound together in our desire to see the world become a place in which our children can grow free and strong.
We are bound together by the task that stands before us
and the road that lies ahead.
We are bound and we are bound.

There is a feeling like the clenching of a fist.
There is a hunger in the center of the chest.
There is a passage through the darkness and the mist.
And though the body sleeps the heart will never rest.

Shed a little light, oh Lord, so that we can see.
Just a little light, oh Lord.
Wanna stand it on up, stand it on up, oh Lord.
Wanna walk it on down, shed a little light, oh Lord.

Can't get no light from a dollar bill.
Don't give me no light from a TV screen.
When I open my eyes I wanna drink my fill from the well on the hill.
Do you know what I mean?

Shed a little light, oh Lord, so that we can see.
Just a little light, oh Lord.
Wanna stand it on up, stand it on up, oh Lord.
Wanna walk it on down, shed a little light, oh Lord.

There is a feeling like the clenching of a fist.
There is a hunger in the center of the chest.
There is a passage through the darkness and the mist.
And though the body sleeps the heart will never rest.

Oh, let us turn our thoughts today to Martin Luther King
and recognize that there are ties between us,
all men and women living on the Earth.
Ties of hope and love, of sister and brotherhood.