Thousands returned to Selma this weekend to remember God’s liberation of God’s people and to rekindle a sense of purpose and unity, to go back into the world with eyes and hearts and minds wide open to those things that stand between the people of God and the justice, mercy and abundant life promised by God
The Selma commemoration is act of remembrance, of gratitude to God and people of faith and courage. It is also an act of recommitment to be about God’s work in the world –
Bloody Sunday brought to light the American state-sanctioned violence against African-Americans and the liberating spirit of God to bring an end to that violence and bondage.
That is the liberating work of the spirit of God even now, and if it is God’s work, it is our work.
As John Legend said, “Selma is Now!”
During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, two to three Black people were lynched every week in the American South. The same number of Black people are now killed every week now by white police officers; a Black person is killed every 28 hours at the hands of police.
To end this violence and bondage is the liberating work of the spirit of God today, and if it is God’s work, it is our work.
This we know: Nothing and no one will stand in the way of the liberating spirit of God.
