Reflections on Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

or: "Ministers who believe in Jesus but think his church is movin funny nowadays"

On this Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, I reflect on the legacy of one of the greatest ministers, activists, speakers, writers, and theological minds that the United States of America has ever produced.

As a minister, writer, and theologizer myself, I regularly look to Dr. King as both a model and an inspiration. In doing do, I’ve detected something of a p…