{"id":6941,"date":"2024-01-15T08:13:31","date_gmt":"2024-01-15T15:13:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/?p=6941"},"modified":"2024-01-15T08:13:31","modified_gmt":"2024-01-15T15:13:31","slug":"mlk-day-its-our-turn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/?p=6941","title":{"rendered":"MLK Day: It’s Our Turn"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Seth Godin wrote a compelling\u00a0Martin Luther King Day blog<\/a>\u00a0back in 2020 talking about \u201ctrillions of tiny acts,\u201d what we\u2019ve been calling here:\u00a0Holy Moments<\/a>. Here\u2019s some of what Seth said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019ve 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\u2019s up to them, whoever \u2018them\u2019 is.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. quoted Theodore Parker: \u201cThe arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.\u201d<\/em> But it\u2019s not bending itself.<\/strong> And it\u2019s not waiting for someone from away to bend it either.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s on us\u2026Even when it\u2019s difficult. Even when it\u2019s inconvenient. Our culture is the result of a trillion tiny acts, taken by billions of people, every day\u2026<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sometimes it takes a hero like Dr. King to wake us up and remind us of how much power we actually have.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

And now it’s our turn. It always has been<\/strong>.<\/em> – Seth Godin, January 20, 2020, some emphasis mine<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. King, a pastor, understood that church attendance alone wouldn\u2019t get it done, and he often quoted from Amos:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jesus said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u2019s 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 \u2013 16, ESV)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Adapted from The Ewellogy, January 20, 2020)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Seth Godin wrote a compelling\u00a0Martin Luther King Day blog\u00a0back in 2020 talking about \u201ctrillions of tiny acts,\u201d what we\u2019ve been calling here:\u00a0Holy Moments. Here\u2019s some of what Seth said. We\u2019ve 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\u2019s … Continue reading MLK Day: It’s Our Turn<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8X9bo-1NX","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6941"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6941\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6943,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6941\/revisions\/6943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}