Today, January 16 th 2012, is Martin Luther King Day in the US, a national public holiday marking the 15 th January birthday of the civil rights’ leader awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1964, who was murdered in 1968. From his most famous speech, after a sustained campaign in Birmingham Alabama 1963 the civil [...]
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Martin Luther King Day
Posted in Civil liberties, Education, Equality, Ethics, History, tagged Martin Luther King Jr Day on January 16, 2012 | 4 Comments »
Watchnight
Posted in Beliefs, History, Prayer & meditation, Tradition, tagged Methodism, New Year, Renewal of the believer's Covenant with God Prayer, Watchnight on January 1, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
John Wesley adopted the Moravian Bohemian Watchnight tradition into Methodism in the 1740s, as a Christian alternative to drinking celebrations; he adapted a traditional Covenant Prayer for such services of recommitment and New Year’s Eve became a popular night to renew the faith: I am no longer my own, but thine. Put me to what thou wilt, rank me with whom [...]
