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Justice Journey Blog - Entries written by Unknown
FriFridayAugAugust3rd2007
Where do we go from here?
Our team got together for dinner this week to talk about our Justice Journey experience with Reverend Meyer and afterwards, we met with the CommUNITY Council for debriefing. We shared our struggle to go back into our daily routines with new eyes... More
SatSaturdayJunJune23rd2007
Reflections on the Journey
Today’s blog entry is comprised of team members' reflections on a significant image or moment from the past week. These reflections provide a collection of mental pictures and insights for readers about a journey comprised of so many profound... More
FriFridayJunJune22nd2007
Receive not the grace of God in vain
Yesterday in Birmingham we visited the Civil Rights Institute and today, the National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was shot. The experience of these exhibits is overwhelming, shocking,... More
FriFridayJunJune22nd2007
Be Ye Transformed
Dr. King used to talk about a beloved community. The past two days we have been learning about how to be reconciled to one another and how to be teachers and agents of reconciliation. We viewed a film about a group of people, who were diverse in... More
ThuThursdayJunJune21st2007
Team Thoughts
I asked our communications coordinator to see if the team members were willing to share some thoughts on this blog. Here are their submissions: Writing my thoughts is usually like breathing, the thoughts just flow. Right now, I cannot put into words... More
WedWednesdayJunJune20th2007
Justice and Righteousness
Dr. Larry Lloyd, President of Crichton College in Memphis, Tennessee, spoke to us about the historic theological divide between social gospel churches and evangelical holiness churches. The painful reality is the evangelical holiness churches, while... More
TueTuesdayJunJune19th2007
The Truth Shall Set You Free
Today's itinerary took us to the Slavery Museum and the Voting Rights Museum & Institute. I was all prepared for my standard museum routine, setting my own leisurely pace, reading choice exhibits thoroughly, and bouncing questions and thoughts... More
MonMondayJunJune18th2007
North and South
It has been a long bus ride with faulty air conditioning, but we have had plenty of introductory and enrichment activities to keep our minds off the heat. Dr. Glen Kehrein, Executive Director of Circle Urban Ministries, led us through a survey of... More
MonMondayJunJune18th2007
There's a long road ahead...
A member of our team plotted our journey on his map program. Total mileage south and back from Salem Baptist is 1,956 miles. Here is the breakdown for each day: Monday, 511 miles, Tuesday, 329 miles, Wednesday, 224 miles, Thursday, 262 miles,... More
ThuThursdayMayMay31st2007
Justice Journey 2007
Welcome to our Justice Journey! This is an educational journey, as we will be traveling to historical sites of the Civil Rights movement to understand what happened and why. This is an interpersonal journey, where we will engage in open dialogue,... More
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Justice Journey Blogby
This blog will give updates throughout this year's Justice Journey - June 18-23.
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