Today is MLK memorial day. I hope that you are using this day to at least pause and think about where we have come as a people and as a nation. The ignorance and hate of our parents and grandparents generations is beginning to diminish and there is no greater example of that than tomorrows inauguration of Barack Obama. MLK jr was of course an instrament of change in the arena of civil rights but he was also an incredible thinker and an incredible Christian. In a world of sound-bites and boiled down theology, it makes me long for great thinkers and orators. I am thankful for Rob Bell, Mark Batterson, Brian Mclarean. Great thinkers that are questioning things.
Here are some quotes from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, and reasons why I love this man.
“A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom.”
”Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”
“Rarely do we find men who willingly engage in hard, solid thinking. There is an almost universal quest for easy answers and half-baked solutions. Nothing pains some people more than having to think”
“Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.”
“A man can’t ride your back unless it’s bent.”
Take a moment and ponder things for a moment. Ask a question. That will be an appropriate way to remember a great thinker.
Sean Rheaume 
I can’t argue. Who could argue? It is rare to find someone who thinks such beautiful thoughts, and rarer still to find someone who can put them in to such beautiful words. If we can’t do either, at least we can try to make some beautiful actions…