On the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr. receiving the Nobel Peace Prize, members of different faith communities gathered early at an urban church to pray and converse about the strained race relations in Kansas City. We well know that there are competing narratives beckoning for support as persons sort through recent tragic events.
While many of us are encouraged to see persons of many hues involved in protesting systemic racism, we know that endemic structures resist transformation and that some things are seemingly â??too broke to mend,â? in the words of John Masefield. Where else shall we go but to the One who made heaven and earth and invites our participation in the great project of mending creation?
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