Category Archives: Martin Luther King Jr

A Historic Moment: Then, Now.…

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January 19, 2009 – 5:59 pm | By Dan Oestreich | Posted in Healing, Martin Luther King Jr | Comments (0)

A Poem on Leading

We want to think that some­thing as elu­sive and strong as a butterfly’s wing can be con­tained by the fine fil­i­gree of language;  that there are words that say what can’t be said about the essence. Once and for all. If you’ve read  all the books you still won’t know (I’ve tried)  though your head will […]

January 23, 2008 – 12:09 pm | By Dan Oestreich | Posted in Martin Luther King Jr, Reflections and Poems | Comments (3)

The Foundation of Such a Method.…

Today, I watched Col­in Pow­ell on the tele­vi­sion show, “The View,” speak­ing briefly about Mar­tin Luther King, Jr. as the non-vio­­lent leader of the “sec­ond Civ­il War” in this coun­try. I was struck by the notion of a sec­ond Civ­il War because it does so apt­ly describe what must be acknowl­edged: cul­tures change slow­ly and […]

January 21, 2008 – 12:52 pm | By Dan Oestreich | Posted in Changing the World, Martin Luther King Jr, Transformation, Wounds | Comments (0)

Going In

If you like, you can hear me read this post. Per­haps it is just that it is win­ter and my ener­gy is sol­stice ener­gy, ener­gy of the roots of things and of the hearth, and it is clear I seek time to “go in,” not to go out. Even now in ear­ly after­noon, the fire […]

January 8, 2007 – 2:32 pm | By Dan Oestreich | Posted in Martin Luther King Jr, Reflections and Poems, Transformation | Comments (2)