A Person Is As Young As Their

Conservatives Are People Who Worship At The Graves Of Dead Radicals. Stop To Think About That. The People Who Started This Country, George Washington, Jefferson, Hamilton, These Were Not Conservatives; These Were The Radicals Of The Time. In Fact, Conservatives Always Look Back On People Who They Despised And Make Them Into Heroes. If You Were To Listen To The Religious Right Today, They Would Make You Believe That Martin Luther King Was One Of Their Flock. In Reality, They Hated Him And Did Everything They Could To Destroy Him.

Jesus Refers To The Poor Over And Over Again. There Are 2,000 Verses Of Scripture That Call Upon Us To Respond To The Needs Of The Poor. And Yet, I Find That When Christians Talked About Values In This Last Election That Was Not On The Agenda, That Was Not A Concern. If You Were To Get The Voter Guide Of The Christian Coalition, That Does Not Rate. They Talk More About Tax Cuts For People Who Are Wealthy Than They Do About Helping Poor People Who Are In Desperate Straits.

Rituals Keep Us From Forgetting What Must Not Be Forgotten And Keep Us Rooted In A Past From Which We Must Not Be Disconnected.

I Teach At Eastern University, Which Is Highly Committed To Doing Work Among The Poor And The Oppressed Peoples Of The World. We Have A Special Commitment To The City.

I've Got Some Repenting To Do. I Doubt, However, That Those Who Have Wedded Christianity With Laissez-faire Capitalism Will See Things This Way. I Can Just Hear Them Saying, “am I My Brother’s Keeper?”