[Oe List ...] For MLK Day

[Isobel and Jim Bishop]

Hello Jann,
What a lovely coincidence!...
Our Public Broadcaster is showing the life of Ghandi - it began last  
night-  in three parts- so I will look forward to seeing if this  
aspect of his life journey is adequately covered.
Thank you for sharing this, to keep us inspired to journey on.

In love and peace to us all,

Isobel Bishop.

On 18/01/2011, at 7:21 AM, LAURELCG at aol.com wrote:

> This is from a colleague on  my D.Min. list. Enjoy!
>
> Jann McGuire
>
> For Martin Luther King Day – here is a teaching by Howard Thurman.   
> You can see his influence on MLK Jr.
>
> http://howardthurmanfilm.com/images/01_HT.mp3
>
> In 1936 Howard Thurman led a "Negro Delegation of Friendship" to  
> visit Gandhi in India. When Thurman asked Gandhi what message he  
> should take back to America, Gandhi said he regretted not having  
> made nonviolence more visible worldwide and suggested some American  
> black man would succeed where he had failed. Gandhi's wish would  
> come true when Howard Thurman subsequently taught a young man at  
> Crozier Theological Seminary. That young man was Martin Luther,  
> King Jr. and he was transformed from learning about Gandhi.
>
> “Prior to reading Gandhi, I had about concluded that the ethics of  
> Jesus were only effective in individual relationship. The "turn the  
> other cheek" philosophy and the "love your enemies" philosophy were  
> only valid, I felt, when individuals were in conflict with other  
> individuals; when racial groups and nations were in conflict a more  
> realistic approach seemed necessary. But after reading Gandhi, I  
> saw how utterly mistaken I was. Gandhi was probably the first  
> person in history to lift the love ethic of Jesus above mere  
> interaction between individuals to a powerful and effective social  
> force on a large scale.” My Pilgrimage to Non-Violence” The Papers  
> of Martin Luther King, Jr.
>
> Susan
>
>
>
> Susan Coppage Evans, D.Min, MA
>
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