Justice Journey Day 2
Day 2
The Journey continues...today we left Nashville, TN early and as we arrived in AL, I saw a white young man with a sleeveless "stars and bars" t-shirt on standing in front of the first rest area. How far have we come since the abolition of slavery and end of the civil war? I still remember these kinds of things in high school as southern rock was making a name for itself - Allman Brothers Band, Lynyrd Skynyrd and the Charlie Daniels Band. Over lunch we had the opportunity to hear from Dr. John Perkins, one of the Justice Journey faculty members, he defined justice for us - is recognizing who owns the earth - God and who is the steward of that earth - Man and that Justice is to take hate out of our thinking. During this leg of the journey we watched "Amistad," tough movie on slavery and that led us into our tour of the Slavery & Civil War Museum. We experienced first hand what we saw in the movie as we were herded around and treated like slaves. Afterwards, we had a rich time of prayer. We also visited the National Voting Rights Museum and walked across the Edmund Pettus Bridge, where the Selma Civil Rights March, also known as "Bloody Sunday," took place. Then it was down for dinner and off to our hotel...more to come tomorrow.
The Journey continues...today we left Nashville, TN early and as we arrived in AL, I saw a white young man with a sleeveless "stars and bars" t-shirt on standing in front of the first rest area. How far have we come since the abolition of slavery and end of the civil war? I still remember these kinds of things in high school as southern rock was making a name for itself - Allman Brothers Band, Lynyrd Skynyrd and the Charlie Daniels Band. Over lunch we had the opportunity to hear from Dr. John Perkins, one of the Justice Journey faculty members, he defined justice for us - is recognizing who owns the earth - God and who is the steward of that earth - Man and that Justice is to take hate out of our thinking. During this leg of the journey we watched "Amistad," tough movie on slavery and that led us into our tour of the Slavery & Civil War Museum. We experienced first hand what we saw in the movie as we were herded around and treated like slaves. Afterwards, we had a rich time of prayer. We also visited the National Voting Rights Museum and walked across the Edmund Pettus Bridge, where the Selma Civil Rights March, also known as "Bloody Sunday," took place. Then it was down for dinner and off to our hotel...more to come tomorrow.
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