Happy Martin Luther King Day!

Whenever I see a little black child and a little white child playing together, holding hands, or laughing, I think of these words from King’s infamous, impassioned ”I Have a Dream” speech:

“I have a dream that one day, down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping the words of ‘interposition’ and ‘nullification’ – one day right there in Alabama little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.” (source)

John Piper has a blog entry called “Don’t Waste Martin Luther King Weekend,” which contains his favorite words ever from Dr. King, and some good thoughts on the meaning of the day for us as Christians in 2008.

Happy MLK Day.