http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/episodes/january-13-2006/reverend-michael-thurman/2440/ An online companion to the weekly television news program Mon, 07 Dec 2009 23:05:53 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/episodes/january-13-2006/reverend-michael-thurman/2440/comment-page-1/#comment-3111 Rev. Kenneth W. Wheeler Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:26:06 +0000 http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/?p=2440#comment-3111 Three years ago we brought 40 individuals on a tour of the sacred grounds of the Civil rights movement. Selma was one of the highlights and Dextewr was central to that. As I looked up from the church to the capitol I was struck by the fact that only God could have situated this church in the spot that it occupied, there in the seat of segregated white power but it was people of faith that was able to bring that power structure to its knees. We've got to muster that same faith, that same determination in these days that challenge us just as deeply as segregation. Three years ago we brought 40 individuals on a tour of the sacred grounds of the Civil rights movement. Selma was one of the highlights and Dextewr was central to that. As I looked up from the church to the capitol I was struck by the fact that only God could have situated this church in the spot that it occupied, there in the seat of segregated white power but it was people of faith that was able to bring that power structure to its knees. We’ve got to muster that same faith, that same determination in these days that challenge us just as deeply as segregation.

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