Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy - We are saved by a communion of saints

"Do you want to know how I believe we are saved?" my grandmother once asked me. "We aren't saved by Jesus's death on the cross. People believe that focus on hocus-pocus and avoid having to live out the teachings of Jesus. We are saved by every person in every time and place that has stood up for what is true in spite of threat. Like Socrates did. Like Jesus did. Like many others have done." We are saved by a communion of saints. They shelter us, and we have the opportunity to be in their number, here and now. p. 75 Rebecca Ann Parker in A House For Hope

Editor's note: Martin Luther King, Jr. and all the "saints" who worked and still work for civil rights are recognized, acknowledged, and celebrated today. Rebecca Ann Parker and John Buehrens are Unitarian Universalist theologians who wrote a book entitled "A House Of Hope: The Promise of Progressive Religion for the Twenty-first Century. There is a Unitarian Universalist church in Brockport, the Brockport Unitarian Universalist Fellowship where its members covenant together to promote and affirm seven principles of which the first one is the Inherent Worth And Dignity Of Every Person. BUUF needs your help and support in applying this principle to our lives together in Brockport, in New York State, in the United States of America, and around the world.