Seth Godin wrote a compelling Martin Luther King Day blog back in 2020 talking about “trillions of tiny acts,” what we’ve been calling here: Holy Moments. Here’s some of what Seth said.

We’ve been sold on the idea that difficult tasks ought to be left to heroes, often from somewhere far away or from long ago. That it’s up to them, whoever ‘them’ is.

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. quoted Theodore Parker: “The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.” But it’s not bending itself. And it’s not waiting for someone from away to bend it either.

It’s on us…Even when it’s difficult. Even when it’s inconvenient. Our culture is the result of a trillion tiny acts, taken by billions of people, every day…

Sometimes it takes a hero like Dr. King to wake us up and remind us of how much power we actually have.

And now it’s our turn. It always has been. – Seth Godin, January 20, 2020, some emphasis mine

Dr. King, a pastor, understood that church attendance alone wouldn’t get it done, and he often quoted from Amos:

Take away from me the noise of your songs; to the melody of your harps I will not listen. But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream. (Amos 5.23, 24, ESV)

Jesus said:

You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people’s feet. You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven. (Matthew 5.13 – 16, ESV)

(Adapted from The Ewellogy, January 20, 2020)