On this King Day observance, my prayer is that our current feelings of maladjustment and acts of resistance will lead to a new era of justice and peace. I pray for an end to the violence against all those who are standing up for justice, civility, decency, and for Beloved Community.

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Chicago never needed Jim Crow signs to enforce segregation; when equality threatened white comfort, flight and fury did the work just as effectively.

Cracks don’t just happen in buildings. They also occur in relationships.

The deep boom of drumbeats, especially when I hear them coming from a distance, is a call for and to attention. Each beat has its meaning, whether it is a call to gather or a call to take cover or a call that a new life has made its entry.