Martin Luther King
Structural Racism/Rittenhouse/Blacks & Jews
by: Marceline Donaldson A huge topic and we will not even skim the surface. Racism, when it has become “structured” into a society and into its institutions, is a very complex thing. We like to think it is an “unfortunate incident” which happened because the person to whom it happened was complicit in some way.…
Read MoreSenator Danforth – Episcopal Priest – White //// Rev. Dr. Robert Bennett – Episcopal Priest – Black “A democracy for white Americans, but simultaneously a dictatorship over black Americans.”— MLK
Part two of a series: – Rev. Dr. Robert Bennett – black Episcopal priest You and we have seen the power of one Episcopal priest – white. He was able to subvert the democratic process by using money and power. Not the power inherent in why he was called to the ordained priesthood nor giving…
Read MoreTo Celebrate MLK, Jr?
As I look back over my life I am amazed constantly at how, as human beings, we have created such a complicated mess when to live a good life should be a simple accomplishment. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a martyr because he could not live his life ignoring the ills in the society which…
Read MoreTrump’s Campaign Promises & History
by: Marceline Donaldson We need to take a look at a parallel time in history for these United States. The time of Reconstruction was followed by the dismantling of what the time of Reconstruction wrought. What we are experiencing under Donald J. Trump is that time after Reconstruction of horror, evil, misery under which so…
Read MoreA Promoter of Conspiracy Theories – President?
America – really? You elected a man who was the spokesperson and promoter of conspiracy theories as your president? Really? Come on – that can’t be real. Are you really that racist, America? The last president spent eight years in office – an African American. He was elected – and re-elected. He was respected around…
Read MoreThe Rev. Nicholas Hood
by: Marceline Donaldson, April 11, 2016 Some remembrances write themselves. This one is being written through heavy grief because it is not only a memory of Nicholas Hood, but long overdue grieving of my youth and someone who contributed majorly to who I am as a Christian today. Nicholas Hood is in my heart and…
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