Essays

Essays

Evening at the Pasadena, California City Hall
Essays, PONDER, Reflections

A Bird’s Eye View – Compassionate Action Needed in Pasadena, California

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A few months ago as I was about to become a momma bird, I spent time flying the airwaves in my valley.  I was looking for a place to build a nest for my upcoming family. I had heard good things about the city of Pasadena so I spent many hours flying back and forth in the cool of the evening: north and south, east and west, to see what I could find out about this notable city.

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Essays, Human Rights, JUSTICE, PONDER

MLK’s Timely Challenge to White Moderates, Especially Those in the Church

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Over 50 years ago on April 16, 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. wrote an open letter from a jail in Birmingham, Alabama where he was imprisoned. He wrote this letter to give challenge to those that would ask for civil rights to “wait”. He wrote this letter to those that said it was “inconvenient” timing for them to think or act in regard to the civil rights of the Black community. He wrote to those, especially those who were white, that sat in church pews and chairs across the country. He challenged the ideas of what it meant to be a person of faith, and his words challenge us today.

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