Hospitality Vol. 29, no. 4 Mystery and meaning? Coincidence that will happen again in 2021? Confusion? Light in darkness? Truth crushed to the ground rising in darkness? (William Cullen Bryant) For those of us (and we invite you too) who come to Martin Luther King Jr. via the Via Christus and to Jesus via Martin Luther King Jr., [...]
Hospitality, Vol. 28, No. 5, Editor’s note: This is the ninth in a series of articles based on a lecture Eduard gave at Stetson University as part of the Howard Thurman Lecture Series. In Atlanta, it is against the law to ask for help. One can go to jail for asking for [...]
Hospitality, vol. 28, no. Last month I pointed to two major forces that shape the Open Door Community’s front yard in the early mornings: Coca-Cola and Margaret Mitchell’s “Gone With the Wind,” the novel and the film. In this article I shall shine a light on a third force: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. [...]
September 1, 2007 – 7:00 pm
Hospitality, Vol. 26, No. 8 Date: Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for LovingJustice They shall be satisfied. “I am the bread of life.” Then the Snake came to him and said, “If you are God’s Beloved boy, order these stones to turn into bread.” But Jesus answered, “The scripture says, ‘Human [...]
Hospitality; vol. 23, no. 5 I First Presbyterian Church The name Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. feels like sweet honey in my mouth. He is a street preacher, a follower of Jesus the Christ, a prophet filled with compassion, an activist demanding Justice, a child of slaves seeking liberation for all: slaves and [...]
January 1, 2004 – 3:34 pm
By Ed Loring Hospitality, vol. 23, no. 1 (Editor’s note: Ed Loring, a Partner at the Open Door Community, preached this sermon at worship.) Happy are those who are persecuted because they do what God requires. The kindom of heaven, the Beloved Community, belongs to them. Happy are you, happy are you, happy are [...]
Good News! Dr. King is Alive! Name the Streets for the Dead Walk the Streets for the Living Hospitality, vol. 22, no. 8 Good news! Dr. King is alive! The revolution of values and practices breathes the breath of God. Hope is making a home in our shoes and our hearts. And Dr. King, [...]
Hospitality Vol. 20, no.3 Happy 72nd Birthday, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.! You who lived and died by the Peace of Jesus Christ and the nonviolence of Mahatma Gandhi. We come this day, Dr. King and Jesus Christ, to rededicate our lives to the ways and aims and purposes of your teachings and [...]
January 1, 2000 – 9:06 pm
Hospitality vol. 19, no. 1 Thirty-six years ago I was twenty-three years old. In the hot and unairconditioned summer of 1963, in the long languid days before the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, I finally, after 4 attempts, completed college. I knew little about justice, but I did know a little. In [...]
