A Season of Change
Positive and Negative Changes in American Society Since the Death of Martin Luther King Jr. Delivered at the M. O.S. E.S Banquet January 21, 2008 If Martin Luther King Jr. were alive today what we he say about the current state of American and the changes that have occurred in our nation the past forty [...]
Read more →Democracy in Peril: Voting our Values and Valuing Our Vote
South Oakland County NAACP, October 6, 2007 Today as we look out over our beloved country, would it be an exaggeration to say that our democracy is in grave peril; that the ship of state appears to be nose-diving into a deep abyss; that special interests appear to be corroding our basic freedoms, rights and [...]
Read more →Power Beyond Measure
Delivered at the State Convention of the NAACP, September 21, 2007 Carlyle Fielding Stewart, III “The measure of power is obstacles overcome.” Oliver Wendell Holmes “All spiritual or real power makes its own place.” Ralph Waldo Emerson The story of African America has been the history of a long journey towards realizing, developing and establishing [...]
Read more →Religion and Politics
Panel Discussion Freedom Institute, April 26, 2007 Cobo Center Detroit, Michigan Historically speaking, the Christian religion began as a kind of religious and political movement and has always utilized politics both within the infrastructure of religious institutions themselves and within the superstructure of secular society. Religious faiths, structures and hierarchies often use politics as a [...]
Read more →Agents of Divine Will
Delivered at the BMCR Conference Cleveland, Ohio, March 23, 2007 God calls, anoints and equips people in human history to discern, proclaim and implement his will. Such persons are emissaries, messengers, heralders of God’s word and truth. Sometimes the message falls on receptive ears and people respond with open minds and willing hearts. Other times [...]
Read more →The Issue is Still Freedom
Delivered at the AFSCME Banquet. Martin Luther King. Jr. Celebration. The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Dearborn Hyatt Regency Hotel, Dearborn, Michigan. February 10, 2007 We gather today to pay tribute to a man who was one of America’s greatest freedom fighters. His legacy of non-violent social change is perhaps one of the greatest stories [...]
Read more →Leadership Lessons of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Delivered at the Museum of African American History Detroit, Michigan Martin Luther King, Jr Day, January 15, 2007 “I had decided that I would not sit back and watch but should lead them back to the buses myself.” MLK, Jr. More than ever in our society and world today, we need leaders who possess compassion, [...]
Read more →“Oh, Say Can you See?”
Remembering our Soldiers this Memorial Day Weekend Sunday May 28, 2006 As we pause this memorial weekend, to remember the men and women who have served and are currently doing tours of duty in the armed serves, law enforcement and other agencies in our land, let us not forget those who have given their lives [...]
Read more →Where Have All The Prophets Gone?
Delivered at the Martin Luther King Jr Celebration. Oakland County Ministerial Alliance, Pontiac, Michigan, January 15, 2006 “Get yourself ready! Stand up and say to them whatever I command you. Do not be terrified by them, or I will terrify you before them. Today I have made you a fortified city, an iron pillar and a bronze [...]
Read more →Defending Progressive Moral Values Against Religious Intolerance
A presentation to the Michigan Coalition for Human Rights (MCHR), May 23, 2005 at St. John’s Episcopal Church, Royal Oak, Michigan. Carlyle Fielding Stewart, III I want to call attention to some of the troubling trends that I see developing between conservative Evangelicals and conservative Republicans in their efforts to consolidate political power and homogenize [...]
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