This is the one of whom the prophet Isaiah spoke when he said,"The voice of one crying out in the wilderness: 'Prepare the way of the Lord.'"
Matthew 3:3
As I write this Advent reflection on prophetic courage and a willingness to patiently labor for justice, it is a day of remembrance for the ways the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. prepared the way of the Lord.
Our goal as the children of God is not tolerance. Change is where we ought to be aiming. Transforming grace. Visionary courage!
Dr. King did not tolerate racism, nor accept it as the right way to live. So he set out to change the way society thought and acted; not by force, but through peaceful negotiations, protests, and more importantly, by knowledge. We can help to prepare God's way as we stop tolerating racism and classism and hate in every guise, and instead seek to change things with prophetic voice and profound grace. Then we might see the world able to claim the words of Dr. King: "free at last, free at last, thank God almighty we're free at last."
-Trayce Stewart
Living God, give us the courage to be voices that cry out with a dream. [St. John The Baptist, Coptic Icon]
Matthew 3:3
As I write this Advent reflection on prophetic courage and a willingness to patiently labor for justice, it is a day of remembrance for the ways the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. prepared the way of the Lord.
Our goal as the children of God is not tolerance. Change is where we ought to be aiming. Transforming grace. Visionary courage!
Dr. King did not tolerate racism, nor accept it as the right way to live. So he set out to change the way society thought and acted; not by force, but through peaceful negotiations, protests, and more importantly, by knowledge. We can help to prepare God's way as we stop tolerating racism and classism and hate in every guise, and instead seek to change things with prophetic voice and profound grace. Then we might see the world able to claim the words of Dr. King: "free at last, free at last, thank God almighty we're free at last."
-Trayce Stewart
Living God, give us the courage to be voices that cry out with a dream. [St. John The Baptist, Coptic Icon]
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