Posts by Colleen Wessel-McCoy

“Advent-er: Revolutionary Patience” — A Sermon by Colleen Wessel-McCoy

By Colleen Wessel-McCoy

Colleen Wessel-McCoy delivers an Advent sermon proclaiming that our world is in…
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“If we fail in our struggle, Christianity will have failed”: Beulah Sanders, Welfare Rights, and the Church

By Colleen Wessel-McCoy

Colleen Wessel-McCoy reflects on the powerful legacy and organizing of Beulah Sanders,…
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Prophet of Freedom: A Tribute to James Cone (1938–2018)

By Colleen Wessel-McCoy

The Kairos Center was founded at Union Theological Seminary, where James Cone…
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We Shall See What Will Become of His Dreams: On the Day After the 50th Anniversary of the Assassination of Dr. King

By Colleen Wessel-McCoy

The dreamer was slain. What became of his dream? Today we are…
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Dr. King’s Prescription for Bringing the Kerner Commission’s Findings to Life

By Colleen Wessel-McCoy

Dr. King knew that it would be the poor taking action together…
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Consuming King: The Misuse of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Drum Major Instinct”

By Colleen Wessel-McCoy

The Kairos Center's Colleen Wessel-McCoy on the misuse of Rev. Dr. Martin…
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“Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” A Sermon Celebrating Dr. King

By Colleen Wessel-McCoy

Can anything good come out of Nazareth? Colleen Wessel-McCoy grapples with the…
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New Year’s 2018: Resolving to Stand Up to Caesar

By Colleen Wessel-McCoy

Like January 7, 2018, fifty years ago today — January 7, 1968 —…
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America at a Crossroads of History: The December 4, 1967 Announcement of the Poor People’s Campaign

By Colleen Wessel-McCoy

Fifty years ago, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. shared with the…
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“By the Thousands We Will Move”: Online Seminar with Dr. Colleen Wessel McCoy

By Colleen Wessel-McCoy

On Friday, December 1 at 1 PM EST, join us for an…
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When Jesus Says Love He Means It: Excerpts from Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1967 Frogmore speech on its 50th Anniversary

By Colleen Wessel-McCoy

50 years ago, in his Frogmore "Staff Retreat Speech," Martin Luther King…
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