[Lekooks] Yesterday's sermon

[Christine Kunert]

Hi Gerry,

Thank you for the note.  I felt like I was a bit of an outlier sitting with
my feelings during the service.  When you asked for "encouragement," I
sensed we were on the same page.  I was hoping for at least a bit of
"acknowledgement."  There are many members of our community who are doing
much, much more than giving $20 to the BLM movement.

In the end I took a breath and calmed myself.  I told myself that she is
doing her best to wake people up.  Perhaps a word directly to her *might*
make a difference.  I didn't feel that receptivity

I feel your pain Gerry.
Chris



On Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 10:46 AM Gerald Flakas via Lekooks <
lekooks at lekook.org> wrote:

> Dear fellow LCUUC members and friends:
>
> I was offended and disgusted by yesterday’s racist rant by our guest
> speaker, especially with her praising Malcom X as role model. I don’t know
> if any of you remember Malcom X. I do. I remember his flagrant racism,
> religious bigotry, and advocacy of violence, his belittling ML King’s
> passive movement, which brought about real advances to the cause of justice
> in America with the passage of landmark voting and civil rights
> legislation, and his dismissal of JFK’s assassination as “The chickens have
> come home to roost.”
>
> I encourage all of you to do some research on the life and times of Malcom
> X. The Internet is full of references and they are easy to find. Then judge
> for yourself if *this *is what you want, and if *this* is the direction
> you want our church to take.
>
> Thank you for your consideration,
>
> Gerry Flakas
>
>
>
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