We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the hateful words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people. from Letters from a Birmingham Jail
04284 – Words, Actions, Silence, Bad, Good
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04021 – Treasured Diversity
Ever present God, you called us to be in relationship with one another and promised to dwell wherever two or three are gathered. In our community, we are many different people; we come from many different places, have many different cultures. Open our hearts that we...
04008 – Not Good Enough
The ultimate logic of racism is genocide, and if one says that one is not good enough to have a job that is a solid quality job, if one is not good enough to have access to public accommodations, if one is not good enough to have the right to vote, if one is not good...
03496 – All Life is Interrelated
It really boils down to this: that all life is interrelated. We are all caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied into a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.
03495 – What Nonviolence Means
Nonviolence means avoiding not only external physical violence but also internal violence of spirit. You not only refuse to shoot a man, but you refuse to hate him.-------------------------------------------------------Gender-inclusive paraphrase: Nonviolence means...
03142 – Be the Best!
Be a bush if you can't be a tree.If you can't be a highway, just be a trail.If you can't be a sun, be a star.For it isn't by size that you win or fail. Be the best of whatever you are.
03033 – Violence is Immoral
Violence never brings permanent peace. It solves no social problem; it merely creates new and more complicated ones. Violence is impractical because it is a descending spiral ending in destruction for all. It is immoral because it seeks to humiliate the opponent...
03011 – Being Concerned
Any religion that professes to be concerned about the souls of men and is not concerned about the slums that damn them, the economic conditions that strangle them, and the social conditions that cripple them is a spiritually moribund religion awaiting...
03009 – Look for “The Image of God”
And when you come to the point that you look in the face of every man and see deep down within him what religion calls “the image of God,” you begin to love him in spite of. No matter what he does, you see God’s image there. There is an element of goodness that he can...
02694 – Evil vs. Good
When evil men plot, good men must plan. When evil men burn and bomb, good men must build and bind. When evil men shout ugly words of hatred, good men must commit themselves to the glories of love.-------------------------------Gender-inclusive version: When evil...