Monday, August 28, 2006

Good Morning America, How Are You? Don't You Know Me, I'm Your Native Son

More powerful words from MLK in his Letter from a Birmingham Jail:

"Things are different now. The contemporary church is often a weak, ineffectual voice with an uncertain sound. It is so often the arch-supporter of the status quo. Far from being disturbed by the presence of the church, the power structure of the local community is consoled by the church's silent and often vocal sanction of things as they are. But the judgment of God is upon the church as never before. If the church of today does not recapture the sacrificial spirit of the early church, it will lose its authentic ring, forfeit the loyalty of millions, and be dismissed as an irrelevant social club with no meaning for the 20th century. I am meeting young people every day whose disappointment with the church has risen to outright disgust. "

2 Comments:

At 1:56 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

City of New Orleans by Arlo Guthrie...Kalum

 
At 2:01 PM, Blogger Tim Henderson said...

Steve Goodman wrote the song.

Tim

 

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