Pastor Lauren writes to pass along a great resource: Each week at Keystone worship, we steep in the amazing words that form a charge for our lives from Rep. John Lewis, as Pastor Yuki weaves them in to the benediction at the end of our service. On Sunday July 19, our worship held a couple kinds of tribute, as the stories to celebrate his life, became part of our prayers (Lauren) and sermon (Rich), and benediction (Yuki). On Monday July 20, a neat interview with John Lewis was shared on Democracy Now, along with clips of some of his pivotal speeches as he worked with MLK Jr. There are stories here about his mighty and faithful nonviolence (and surviving his near-death, at a nightstick beating, in a march in Selma). We also learn how he became called to be a legislator, and carry on the work, after the assassinations of MLK, both Kennedy’s, and Malcolm X.
So we share this incase it may fuel your self-guided ongoing study of nonviolence, here are video and audio options: from July 20, 2020. 1 hour show, but you can use any part. Happy listening! You can also find the clips from the show below.
Links here to watch/listen to John Lewis speeches & interview! for ongoing study of nonviolence in action
As the United States mourns the loss of civil rights icon and 17-term Democratic Congressmember John Lewis, we feature his 2012 in-studio interview, when he ...
Civil rights movement icon and 17-term Democratic Congressmember John Lewis, who died July 17 at the age of 80, helped found SNCC, the Student Nonviolent Coo...
John Lewis, the longtime Georgia congressmember, died Friday at age 80. He was one of the foremost leaders of the civil rights movement and spoke at the 1963...