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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Allan – yes, I have seen that excellent video of MLK. Below are a few other good ones.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Yesterday, on Palm Sunday, Margaret and I attended a beautiful Psalm Sunday service – there were about 800 people at St Philip’s Anglican Church here in Charleston with a choir of 30. The homily was 40 minutes
and was inspirational, except for the ending – he spoke about the significance of the cross and the resurrection, but then his main point was more about getting to heaven rather than living a Christian life here on earth.
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one directly, affects all indirectly.” -Martin Luther King Jr.</span><span class="kx21rb"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#70757A;background:white"> ------------<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><a href="http://christianrefuge.org/the-parable-of-the-friend-at-midnight/">The Parable of the Friend at Midnight – Christian Refuge</a></b>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#424242;background:white"> Luke 11:5-8.<br>
MLK preaching against war and the Vietnam war.<br>
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<b>Sent:</b> March 23, 2024 8:03 AM<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. wrote a Letter From Birmingham City Jail in 1963. It was in response to a letter from eight “liberal”, and “white” clergy who called his non-violent resistance to segregation in that city “unwise and untimely”.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Isabel Wilkerson’s book, Caste” is an excellent exploration of the reasons why inequality continues. It is also an intriguing comparison of caste structures in India, America, and Nazi Germany.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Allan – thanks for your note. As you know there is a lot of ‘slave history’ in Charleston, and the tourist guides point out how most of the large historic homes were built by slave owners.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">When I asked him if anyone questioned the morality of the slave trade by the churches, I was told he was not aware of any. A few women raised the matter, but they eventually moved to Philadelphia.<br>
“</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#4D5156;background:white">By the 1830s, the Grimké sisters had become well-known </span><em><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#5F6368;background:white;font-style:normal">abolitionist</span></b></em><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#4D5156;background:white"> activists,
which made them complete outcasts in Charleston. In 1819, when Sarah Grimké was 27 years old, she traveled to Philadelphia alongside her father. She was deeply moved by the egalitarian, social justice oriented beliefs of the Quaker community: they actively
challenged slavery, denouncing the institution as evil and believing that it was their duty to call for its abolition. They believed women were the spiritual equals of men and allowed them to hold positions of leadership. Furthermore, the Quakers that Sarah
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">It reminds me of the residential school system that went on for over 100 years with the blessing of all the mainline churches; and the harsh treatment of individuals who are homeless that is happening today.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US">Allan Baker <allan.baker7878@gmail.com><br>
<b>Sent:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>March 22, 2024 8:39 PM<br>
<b>To:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Assisting virtual Craic <craic@lists.integralshift.ca><br>
<b>Cc:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Ted Schmidt <jtschmidt@bell.net>; David Walsh <david@dwalsh.ca><br>
<b>Subject:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [Craic] talk by Rabbi David Mivasair</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Margaret and I are taking a holiday this week in Charleston. One can see churches on almost every corner of the city, yet the history of the many Christians who came here has nothing to say about any efforts
to end slavery – another example of how people of faith can be so blind to injustice.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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