Martin Luther King, Jr., Birthday Celebration Resources for the Jan 15 Holiday date

The following resources are provided by the GodWeb for the celebration of Dr. King's birthday on the Jan 15th holiday or other occasions. Included are sermons, speeches, photographs, and links to the outstanding websites featuring the work of the slain civil rights leader, prophet and preacher.

Our God is Able
One of Dr. King's great sermons, edited for today by Charles Henderson.

Letter from the Birmingham Jail
In some ways more important than the "Dream Speech," this is one of the seminal documents of American history.

Prayer and Dr. King
Resources for celebrating the life of the civil rights leader, including prayers, readings, pictures, photos, litanies and more.

The discussion of the legacy of Martin Luther King available here is based on talks given by Vincent Harding and Clare Gaudiani in April 1996 at the Boston Research Center for the Twenty-First Century. The papers were published by the journal CrossCurrents in the fall of that year.

Here are some additional resources on the Web about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.:

The Martin Luther King, Jr., Research and Education Institute
A collection of primary and secondary documents pertaining to Martin Luther King, Jr., held at Stanford University.

Ebenezer Baptist Church
King's role as a national leader began here. It was at age five that he first joined the church. At 19, King received that call to Christian Ministry and was ordained at Ebenezer. Dr. King preached his first and last sermons from the pulpit at Ebenezer, where his father and grandfather had pastored.

Letter from a Birmingham jail
Aside from the "Dream" speech, this may be the second most important document in undertanding Dr. King and his life's work. Written from his cell in the Birmingham jail, he answered a group of clergy who had criticized his tactic of non-violent action.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Directory
This site includes all sorts of material by and about the slain civil rights leader. Contributers include the Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project at Stanford University and The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center in Atlanta.

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The Rev. Charles P. Henderson is a Presbyterian minister and Executive Director of
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He is the author of God and Science (John Knox Press, 1986).
A revised and expanded version of the book is appearing here.
God and Science (Hypertext Edition, 2005).
He is also editor of a new book, featuring articles by world class scientists and theologians, and illustrating the leading views on the relationship between science and religion:
Faith, Science and the Future (CrossCurrents Press, 2007).

Charles also tracks the boundry between the virtual and the real at his blog: Next World Design, focusing on the mediation of art, science and spirituality in the metaverse.
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