Buddhist Catholic Contemplative Evangelical General Christian Hindu Jewish Latter-day Saint Muslim New Visions Progressive Christian

Beliefs

Topics

Columnists

Resource Library

Research Tools

Video

Podcasts

Thought Readers

Faith In Media Tracker

Newsletters

Ad-Free & Subscriber Log-In Subscription Support

Follow Patheos

Home
Progressive Christian
Sports and Religion

Martin Luther King JR.

Select a Category Celtic spirituality Christmas Civil Rights culture Easter Faith images in the news Prayer Quote Scripture Uncategorized vocational ministry Writing

Select a Month August 2026 July 2026 May 2026 February 2026 January 2026 December 2025 October 2025 September 2025 August 2025 July 2025 May 2025 April 2025 March 2025 February 2025 January 2025 December 2024 November 2024 October 2024 September 2024 August 2024 July 2024 June 2024 May 2024 April 2024 March 2024 February 2024 January 2024 December 2023 November 2023 October 2023 September 2023 July 2023 March 2023 February 2023 January 2023 July 2022 May 2022 April 2022 March 2022 February 2022 October 2021 August 2021 July 2021 June 2021 May 2021 April 2021 March 2021 January 2021 December 2020 November 2020 October 2020 September 2020 August 2020 July 2020 June 2020 May 2020 April 2020 March 2020 February 2020 January 2020 December 2019 November 2019 October 2019 September 2019 August 2019 July 2019 June 2019 May 2019 April 2019 March 2019 February 2019 January 2019 December 2018 November 2018 October 2018 September 2018 August 2018 July 2018 June 2018 May 2018 April 2018 March 2018 February 2018 January 2018 December 2017 November 2017 October 2017 September 2017 August 2017 July 2017 June 2017 May 2017 April 2017 March 2017 February 2017 January 2017 December 2016 November 2016 October 2016 September 2016 August 2016 July 2016 June 2016 May 2016 April 2016 March 2016 February 2016 January 2016 December 2015 November 2015 October 2015 September 2015 August 2015 July 2015 June 2015 May 2015 April 2015 March 2015 February 2015 January 2015

September 2025

September 13, 2025

When Alabama’s Birmingham was “Bombingham”

When Alabama’s Birmingham was “Bombingham” Sept. 15, 1963 seemed like any other Birmingham Sunday morning...

August 2024

August 27, 2024

Sixty-Two Years Later: MLK’s “Dream” is Far From a Reality

Aug. 28, marks 62 years since Martin Luther King, Jr. stood on the steps of...

August 18, 2024

Remembering Civil Rights Activist Jonathan Daniels

Aug. 20 marks the anniversary of the 1965 murder of Civil Rights Activist Jonathan Daniels....

August 12, 2024

Remembering Civil Rights Activist Heather Heyer

On Aug. 12, 2017, racists from across the country gathered in Charlottesville, Va., to joyfully...

January 2024

January 14, 2024

MLK Jr. Was the Original Black Lives Matter Leader

From the day he was born until the day he was murdered, 39 years later,...

January 10, 2020

MLK Jr.

From the day he was born to the day he was murdered, 39 years later,...

September 2019

September 15, 2019

Confronting racists

On Sept. 15, 1963, hate blew-up the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Al. It...

December 2017

December 05, 2017

As much as we'd like to see Nazis get punched in the face

As much as we'd like to see Nazis get punched in the face, It's...

October 2017

October 02, 2017

Bapu

In a world growing more violent, filled with those who accept violence as the cost...

August 2017

August 14, 2017

A letter for our times

In the aftermath of the chaos in Charlottesville, too many moderates remain silent. Anti-American, anti-Semitic...

January 2017

January 15, 2017

Character as clear as black and white

The president-elect of the United States kicked-off the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend by...

April 2016

April 04, 2016

"What we need in the United States"

April 03, 2016

“To make gentle the life of this world"

April 4 marks the 48th anniversary of the death of Martin Luther King Jr. King...

December 2015

December 22, 2015

A Christmas Eve sermon

Much like the shepherds during the first Christmas, people around the world had their attention...

October 2015

October 17, 2015

Bubbles

We live in bubbles. Surrounded by people like us, most of us seldom encounter people...

August 2015

August 16, 2015

Civil Rights activist Jonathan Daniels

Aug. 20 marks the anniversary of the murder of white Civil Rights activist Jonathan Daniels....

June 2015

June 18, 2015

An ugly cycle of racial terrorism

The facts of the church shooting in Charleston, South Carolina are unfolding. But the deeper...

April 2015

April 03, 2015

A Sermon for Martin Luther King Jr., on the anniversary of his murder

This is a sermon I gave in the past, that I’ve rewritten a little for...