What's a Good Life Worth
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The powerful and the privileged mixed with churched and the humble today at New Missionary Baptist Church in Atlanta for the memorial service for Coretta Scott King, widow of Martin Luther King, Junior.
I was driving to Colorado's State Capitol for a meeting when on NPR's Talk of the Nation they did something strange - the played minutes long experts from speakers at the funeral from President George W. Bush, President Clinton, and Maya Angelou.
That was a gift from NPR to us.
It's the best speech that President Bush has ever given. President Clinton and Angelou were moving.
Listening to these words, I was humbled by this great life remembered; encouraged by the sacrifices she made, the love she gave, the energy and tears she shed; reminded that struggling for the those less fortunate, calling for peace, fighting for justice, challenging power, resisting apathy and cynicism are callings that we need to head if we are to remake the world.
I encourage you to listen to the speeches here. Shut the door, turn off the phone, and just listen…..
I was driving to Colorado's State Capitol for a meeting when on NPR's Talk of the Nation they did something strange - the played minutes long experts from speakers at the funeral from President George W. Bush, President Clinton, and Maya Angelou.
That was a gift from NPR to us.
It's the best speech that President Bush has ever given. President Clinton and Angelou were moving.
Listening to these words, I was humbled by this great life remembered; encouraged by the sacrifices she made, the love she gave, the energy and tears she shed; reminded that struggling for the those less fortunate, calling for peace, fighting for justice, challenging power, resisting apathy and cynicism are callings that we need to head if we are to remake the world.
I encourage you to listen to the speeches here. Shut the door, turn off the phone, and just listen…..
