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For My Yoke Is Easy, and My Burden Is Light (Matthew 11:30)
When I reflect on the enormous shadow which my father left when he passed away ten years ago, I realize that it would have been very easy to find a corner within that shadow and just rest there. Undetected and undisturbed.
Even after ten years, I...
posted by Hope on January, 19th, 2011
For John.
Why is it that some of us were born with so much and others with so little? Why did God create a world order that is so unfair? Earlier today, I learned of a man who passed away in Sierra Leone only because the healthcare available to him was inadeq...
posted by Hope on November, 17th, 2010
Celebrate.
Over the weekend, I was surprised to come into contact with some very special notepads and manuscripts that my father had scribbled on some 40 years ago. As I was looking the papers over, a dear friend of mine who was sitting with me stated, “Yo...
posted by Hope on November, 15th, 2010
Over Land, Sea, and Alps.
I flew over the Roman Alps today and thought about my father. The Alps were the recurring theme in his writings and speeches for as long as I can remember. Never having seen these before, I pictured two or three large mountains, with valley on eit...
posted by Hope on August, 13th, 2010
Royal Reveal
We are absolutely honored to be presenting the Royal Reveal at our 1st ever Africa Policy Forum. During the 4 day Forum to be held in Atlanta, Georgia, we will be presenting the Royal Reveal, in which The Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.’s gene...
posted by Hope on August, 10th, 2010