LITURGICAL RESOURCES INSPIRED BY LETTER FROM A BIRMINGHAM JAIL BY DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. Introduction In April 1963 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. led a march in Birmingham in support of African-Americans whose civil rights had been denied in the laws of Alabama. Because the marchers had been denied a permit to hold a [...]
October 26, 2012 – 12:17 pm
As our City approaches the 50th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Movement, Greater Birmingham Ministries is renewing a tradition of theological reflection on happenings in our world, the light and darkness they shed on the most vulnerable of God’s children, and the challenges they place on people of faith. Facing the fiercely contested election, we [...]
This morning six people knelt in prayer singing Amazing Grace in front of the doors leading to the Alabama Senate chambers. They would not be moved, just as Legislators have not been moved by the pleas of thousands of Alabamians to repeal the nation’s harshest anti-immigrant law. They were compelled by conscience and faith to [...]
Walking from Selma to Montgomery, thousands of people from all over the country. Old folks on canes and in wheelchairs, children in strollers, college students with boundless energy. Whites, Blacks, Latinos. They crossed the infamous Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, where once-peaceful marchers were beaten and clubbed by men whose duty was to enforce the [...]
Give Us Our Daily Bread My mother loves to cook. She always loved to try out new recipes, which unfortunately did not go over very well with her four young children. Unfortunately, her culinary skills were lost on us when we were young. Often she would spend hours preparing a new exotic dish, only to [...]
August 6, 2010 – 12:21 pm
Grow Alabama is partnering with GBM to supply fresh produce each week for our clients. You, too, can help. See the previous article for more information. Above is a recent delivery of fresh sweet corn from farms in Alabama.
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