Wednesday, January 14, 2004
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Dear friends - my commenter system hopefully will be returning by the weekend. At least, that is what the host tells us. Thank you for continuing to read however.
Just returned home from Old Testament Class where we have been discussing Amos, in particular the fifth chapter. This is the chapter containing the famous lines, "...let justice roll down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream!" As Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is fast approaching AND he so eloquently incorporated those lines of Amos' into his famous "I Have A Dream..." speech, we got to watch the speech today in class. I have studied it and read it many times, but this was the first time I actually got to watch it being delivered, to hear him speak his prophetic words. Wow! There isn't anything quite like a great speech, and this is certainly among the best. I have long since been inspired by great speakers and look to them as guides in my own speaking habits , techniques, and patterns. Anyway, I am feeling inspired today because of that speech!
A humorous sidebar to this thread is unfolding in Lee County, South Carolina. It has long since been their tradition in Lee County to fly the Confederate Flag over the County Courthouse on Robert E. Lee's birthday - a fine tradition if you ask me, because there is absolutely nothing wrong with celebrating heritage and the honor of people who, while they may have held wrong opinions and been on the "wrong" side of a war, were still people worthy of note. Anyway, as it so happens, because of the way Federal Holidays work, this year the celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day falls on Robert E. Lee's birthday. Lee County, SC is in quite a dilemma over what to do. On the one hand they want to honor their tradition, but on the other they fully understand the negative implications such an action would hold. I say, this year, skip the Robert E. Lee tradition and let the celebration be more about MLK. After all, when all was said and done, MLK did more for the country than did Lee.
-R
Dear friends - my commenter system hopefully will be returning by the weekend. At least, that is what the host tells us. Thank you for continuing to read however.
Just returned home from Old Testament Class where we have been discussing Amos, in particular the fifth chapter. This is the chapter containing the famous lines, "...let justice roll down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream!" As Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is fast approaching AND he so eloquently incorporated those lines of Amos' into his famous "I Have A Dream..." speech, we got to watch the speech today in class. I have studied it and read it many times, but this was the first time I actually got to watch it being delivered, to hear him speak his prophetic words. Wow! There isn't anything quite like a great speech, and this is certainly among the best. I have long since been inspired by great speakers and look to them as guides in my own speaking habits , techniques, and patterns. Anyway, I am feeling inspired today because of that speech!
A humorous sidebar to this thread is unfolding in Lee County, South Carolina. It has long since been their tradition in Lee County to fly the Confederate Flag over the County Courthouse on Robert E. Lee's birthday - a fine tradition if you ask me, because there is absolutely nothing wrong with celebrating heritage and the honor of people who, while they may have held wrong opinions and been on the "wrong" side of a war, were still people worthy of note. Anyway, as it so happens, because of the way Federal Holidays work, this year the celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day falls on Robert E. Lee's birthday. Lee County, SC is in quite a dilemma over what to do. On the one hand they want to honor their tradition, but on the other they fully understand the negative implications such an action would hold. I say, this year, skip the Robert E. Lee tradition and let the celebration be more about MLK. After all, when all was said and done, MLK did more for the country than did Lee.
-R
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