Inspiration:
“Justice denied anywhere diminishes justice everywhere.” –Martin Luther King, Jr.
Small Steps
Most of us benefit from some kinds of social privileges, and suffer from the absence of privilege in some other ways. You, too, are my heroes, living an examined life as you attempt to use the privileges you have to stand up for the common good, as you take small actions where you see them.
Whoever you are, whatever your situation, you have the opportunity to create justice. “Justice at its best is power correcting everything that stands against love,” said Martin Luther King. “Power without love is reckless and abusive, and love without power is sentimental and anemic. Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice, and justice at its best is power correcting everything that stands against love.” …
Justice is not a giant abstraction that will someday roll down upon us like waters, even though we sing out the ancient words longing that it will. Justice is daily, mundane, one breath at a time. Love and power are the tools with which we can bring it to life. May we practice using those tools daily.
BY MEG RILEY SENIOR MINISTER, CHURCH OF THE LARGER FELLOWSHIP TO READ MORE
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