Quote of the Day

I have decided to stick with love.
Hate is too great a burden to bear.

– Martin Luther King, Jr.

Related Off-site Links
Remembering the Real Martin Luther King Jr. – Peter Z. Scheer (TruthDig, January 16, 2017).
The Evolution of Dr. King – Lee Sustar (Jacobin, January 16, 2017).
Restoring King – Thomas J. Sugrue (Jacobin, January 16, 2017).
Historian Explains the Many Reasons Martin Luther King Jr. Would Be Appalled by Donald Trump – Daniel Thomas Fleming (History News Network via Raw Story, January 16, 2017).
Celebrating Dr. King with the Departure of Barack Obama – Ajamu Baraka (CounterPunch, January 18, 2017).
On Martin Luther King Day: A Parish’s Work for LGBT and Racial Justice – Francis DeBernardo (Bondings 2.0, January 15, 2017).

See also the previous Wild Reed posts:
• Martin Luther King, Jr. and Democratic Socialism
• The Triumph of Love
• The Choice (and Risk) That is Love
• In the Garden of Spirituality – James B. Nelson
• In the Garden of Spirituality – Elizabeth Johnson