The year was 1957. The place was a small community in Alabama--the heart of Klan country. A young white preacher drops in to a Black Baptist Church unannounced, is welcomed without hesitation, is told he will preach, does so, and warms to a hospitality he cannot return. And people wonder why I became active in Civil Rights.
Musings from a reconstructed liberal clergyperson of the United Methodist/United Church of Christ persuasion
Sunday, March 25, 2012
Monday, March 19, 2012
Sunday, March 4, 2012
A Prophet in his own time
The Rev Emmett Wilson (Brother Wilson) lived in a simpler time but his courage, compassion, and his passion for justice should inspire all those who work for a better, fairer world
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