Comments on: Remembering Martin Luther King Jr.

By: tori

tori — Wed, 22 Jan 2014 05:46:17 +0000

captain coy: Hey Coy, great to see you here! So glad you love the song like I do– I bet all of the smelly bar patrons will, too!

By: tori

tori — Wed, 22 Jan 2014 05:43:50 +0000

Momma Lloyd: Thinking of you every single day as you mourn the loss of your sweet little Lucy– seriously praying for you, and sending love.

By: captain coy

captain coy — Tue, 21 Jan 2014 23:33:39 +0000

Hey Tori,
Just a little note to say that I will be adding the song to my all time favorites list and be playing it in a smelly bar in the near future.
My best to you and Russ. We must reconnect.
Love and light,
Cap’n Coy

By: Barbara M. Lloyd

Barbara M. Lloyd — Tue, 21 Jan 2014 21:16:03 +0000

Dr. King was such a fantastic man of peace…and a born leader. Wish we had a few like him incongress today.

Welcome Kay.,,first thing I appreciated about you was yourexcellent tqaste in male vocalists.

Thanks for the subject, sweet Tori.

By: LindaB

LindaB — Tue, 21 Jan 2014 05:04:29 +0000

Yes, it is!

By: tori

tori — Tue, 21 Jan 2014 03:31:48 +0000

LindaB– Yes, we do. (And isn’t that an incredible lyric?!)

By: LindaB

LindaB — Tue, 21 Jan 2014 02:48:07 +0000

That was his strength, wasn’t it—–“To fight a fight without a fist”! There were plenty of civil rights advocates ready and willing to fight for equality for all, but it takes someone special to fight without fists and win. And Rev. King was that special man. Our country, black and white, owe him so much.

By: tori

tori — Tue, 21 Jan 2014 02:01:33 +0000

kayshak: Welcome to ‘Bloomr Nation, thanks so much for joining us here! I appreciate the kind words, and I am right there with you about hating labels. One of the things I love about our little bloggy community is that even though we are probably all over the board on certain hot-button issues, we DON’T engage in conflict around here, and we haven’t ever allowed our differences to get in the way of the things we have in common and truly enjoy about each other. That’s kind of rare, and it’s a testimony to the quality of people who hang out around here– hope you’ll be one of them!

By: kayshak

kayshak — Mon, 20 Jan 2014 23:17:43 +0000

Hi, I came across your blog a year ago or so. I grew up listening to Russ Taff from the time that he was in the Imperials and then when he branched out on his own. Walls of Glass is still one of my very favorite albums. It was quite by chance that I came across your blog when perusing Russ’ site one day and I was immediately struck by your candor – you put it right out there that you are a Christian and a liberal one.

Since that time, I’ve started going to church again and I find myself stuggling with my love for God and desire to be closer to him, and my very clear feelings about a lot of issues that most would label as being more liberal (though I would argue against that).

I hate labels! I think issues are complex and labels make it way too easy and convenient for people to ignore the finer points and simply dismiss the bathwater AND the baby.

I find it interesting that I am not convicted about the way I feel. I too find some Christian rhetoric scary and abysmally lacking in Christ-like tone.

It’s just nice to find someone who sees that as well.

Thanks for putting it out there. God bless you and your family.

By: tori

tori — Mon, 20 Jan 2014 19:14:50 +0000

You’re so welcome, small-j.

By: jonny

jonny — Mon, 20 Jan 2014 18:55:16 +0000

Thanks.