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    MLK 101

    by Ben Hein January 12, 2023
    written by Ben Hein 12 minute read

    In 2016 I sat down to read Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Letter from Birmingham Jail. I haven’t been the same since.

    I grew up hearing about Dr. King in school as most of my peers did: we read small excerpts of his I Have a Dream speech, and we briefly learned about his important role in the Civil Rights movement. As positively as he was portrayed, I was never really encouraged to treat him as a serious figure. Important – of course! Significant- yes. But in my heart, I thought of him as more of a sentimental idea than a real person grounded in actual events.

    My studies and development in Christian theology and ministry philosophy further discouraged me from taking King seriously. As I’ve written about previously, White Supremacy had invaded my theology in some subtle (and not so subtle) ways. I dismissed the Black theological tradition as less-than, believing it largely advocated for some kind of “progressive” liberation theology that was unbiblical. I did not consider King or his tradition as anything worth my time.

    All of that changed in 2016 when I finally decided to sit and read King’s famous letter for myself. I saw myself in King’s words, particularly in those who he described as the “white moderate”:

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    Grief Took My Love of Reading, Too.

    by Ben Hein February 24, 2022
    by Ben Hein February 24, 2022 6 minute read

    I began reading Anglican priest Tish Harrison Warren’s Prayer in the Night in early June 2021. The book was attracting much attention at the time, as it was being heralded as a…

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    Summer Reading List 2020

    by Ben Hein June 13, 2020
    by Ben Hein June 13, 2020

    Summer is finally here, and it is one that is going to look very different for many of us. With COVID-19 concerns and restrictions still a very present reality for us, how…

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    Church Confessions and the NYT Bestseller List

    by Ben Hein May 23, 2018
    by Ben Hein May 23, 2018

    Have you ever thought about how exciting it must’ve been to be an explorer at sea back before the world was fully known to us? Sure, there was danger involved and you…

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