Hank Sanders

Dr. Margaret Hardy & I invite you to join us for #TheSundaySchoolLesson live from 8:30-9AM CST on Facebook at www.facebook.com/HankTheRockS...

Jesus spoke truth to power, confronting the religious elite & political oppression. What do we consider important enough to take a stand for? Background:

Let us all be inspired by the words and the actions of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. every day of our lives. "The road ahead is not altogether a smooth one. There are no broad highways that lead us easily and inevitably to quick solutions. But we must keep going." - Dr. King's words 60 years ago.

Sketches #1960 – The unique power of unity.
We can never lift others without lifting ourselves. We can never pull down others without pulling down ourselves. Those who tear down others, tear down themselves. #CircleOfUnity #SymbolsOfUnity #Unite #Lift #Contribute 🦋
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#TheSundaySchoolLesson today is “The Lord is King” from Psalm 10:12-18. The adult topic is “In Times of Trouble,” the youth topic is “God of Justice” & the children’s topic is “Restoring Justice & Mercy.” Join us for this 30-minute #BibleStudy & #SpiritualAppetizer. www.facebook.com/share/v/19h2...

I hope you will practice Imani not just this day but each and every day this year! #Kwanzaa #Imani #Faith

We need to have faith in the potential of our loved ones, friends & fellow strugglers. When we have such faith, we overcome great odds. We make better communities & better people. The 7-day celebration of #Kwanzaa ends with #Imani but we have to begin with Imani to do our best in whatever we do. 2/3

Today is the seventh day of #Kwanzaa. The principle for the day is #Imani, which means #faith. I wish you Imani because faith helps us to make a way out of no way. It helps us with our family. It helps us with our communities. It helps us with everything. 1/3

We have so many opportunities to start over. Each new morning is an opportunity to start over, but there’s nothing like a whole year to start all over. New Year’s provides that opportunity. Let us join hands and hearts and spirits to start over this new year. Have a great start over and great year!

President Carter didn’t just talk the talk. He walked the talk in his daily living. Jimmy Carter lived a life that truly reflected his belief everyone was his neighbor. May he continue to be an example to each of us. 5/5

President Carter was a good man who had the courage of his convictions. He lived his convictions before his presidency, during his presidency and after his presidency. He was the rare politician who said what he meant and meant what he said. 4/5

He was elected President in 1976, just over 10 years after the 1965 Voting Rights Act was enacted and at the same time Alabama Gov. George Wallace was making his final run for the presidency on a platform of exclusion rather than inclusion. 3/5

President Carter did this as a White man born and raised in the segregated rural Deep South who was first elected Governor of Georgia in 1970. He was unwavering in his support of rights for all people, including Blacks and women. 2/5

President Jimmy Carter was an extraordinary human being and extraordinary President. I can never forget how when he became President he included all people, and not just in a token way. I was amazed at the number of Black people and women he included in his administration at a range of levels. 1/5

I have written a weekly column every week for the past 1,957 consecutive weeks. First I wrote Senate Sketches for decades, and now I write Sketches. My column for Thanksgiving week is linked below. #Thankful

Sketches #1953 – "Being thankful is so powerful."
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#Sketches #1957 - The Kwanzaa Spirit!
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Epilogue: Kwanzaa is so powerful. It is powerful for people who practice it because it builds better communities and better communities build better people. Kwanzaa is particularly powerful for oppressed peoples... #Kwanzaa

Sketches #1956 - So much of what’s in gifts resides in the givers and receivers. What’s in a gift?

Alabama profits off prisoners who work at McDonald’s but deems them too dangerous for parole No state has a longer, more profit-driven history of contracting prisoners out to private companies than Alabama.

"Though they make at least $7.25 an hour, the state siphons 40% off the top of all wages and also levies fees, including $5 a day for rides to their jobs and $15 a month for laundry.

Turning down work can jeopardize chances of early release..."
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There's no other holiday season like this one. We have 4 holidays within 8 days. #Christmas! #Kwanzaa! #Hanukkah! #NewYears! I combine the spirits of each of these four holidays, and I pray that their combined strength touches and lifts each one of us. I pray that we are lifted in joy, love & unity!

Biden commutes sentences of federal death row inmates, 'striking blow' to system that has 'always targeted Black people' Biden's historic commutation of death row inmates will not include prisoners who committed terrorism and hate-motivated murders.

🚨BREAKING: President Biden just announced he will commute the sentences of 37 out of 40 people on federal death row!
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