tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6512734048150861589.post6974888286927968924..comments2024-02-24T13:37:03.608-08:00Comments on holy scribbler: changed from glory into gloryEd Searcyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05893196406561385183noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6512734048150861589.post-55978381042629290212013-02-10T07:37:10.591-08:002013-02-10T07:37:10.591-08:00...indeed a spark of love that can kindle the flam......indeed a spark of love that can kindle the flame of kindred spirits into a widening circle of glory beyond our imagination! AmenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6512734048150861589.post-10724705937858325862013-02-07T23:06:12.563-08:002013-02-07T23:06:12.563-08:00I'm reading The New Jim Crow (Alexander) for a...I'm reading The New Jim Crow (Alexander) for a class and there is a line that this makes me wonder about. The book is about mass incarceration in America and how the criminal justice system functions to oppress Black people and is a very accessible and well written book overall, but there is a word in it that might apply here... in the intro (by Cornel West) the Martin Luther King Jr line that we as communities are to be "lovestruck, not colour-blind" comes up and that idea of being lovestruck has stayed with me... I like the force it implies, and the obligation to act through the strength of that sense of love. (full quote from intro below). I wonder if that sense could be part of the communities we are seeking to build and find?<br /><br />"Martin Luther King Jr. called for us to be lovestruck with each other, not colorblind toward each other. To be lovestruck is to care, to have deep compassion, and to be concerned for each and every individual, including the poor and vulnerable."Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00547540156980170321noreply@blogger.com