tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246130540159128150.post3268853905034976042..comments2024-02-03T16:53:16.196-08:00Comments on Honest Talk with God: Feeling Dr. KingRob_Tennanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13421615246634432546noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246130540159128150.post-13986689547443960812014-01-21T05:01:05.289-08:002014-01-21T05:01:05.289-08:00Most Americans, particularly the white folks think...Most Americans, particularly the white folks think of Dr King as a force for helping to free black folks. Not so. Dr King help free all of us. His courageous, inspirational life has as much to do with freeing white folks as black. As his life message works in us, we see we are freed from the lies created by prejudice, discrimination and oppression. As the dominate group in society, we have, at best, been ignorant of the oppression our on attitudes and patterns of behavior and speech has produced. To live as a minority in America often means experiencing slights and pervasive discrimination. Why, for example, are their so few African-American coaches in NCAA sports? Dr King recognized that we must go beyond the laws into the change of values and norms so that oppression is eliminated from our societal fabric. "The Dream" that Dr King spoke about is the reality that the Kingdom of God is. Our work of representing and bringing the Kingdom of God into our world is made manifest as we drive deep into what it means to be a disciple of Jesus. As we are transformed by the life of following Jesus- as opposed to our cultural norm, we find the world around us begins to change and to begin to reflect this "Kingdom Come". Thanks to Dr King that all of us can begin to see beauty of a diverse world characterized by a unified heart around the purposes of the Living God. philpartinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18424604636724157107noreply@blogger.com