Today, 1/20/2009, America is turning a tremendous page in its history.  Here in the midst of a stunning economic crisis, America is standing up and holding out a symbol of reconciliation to the world in the man that is Barack Obama.  The world had begun to doubt the American dream.  We had allowed that dream, which Dr. King immortalized in his life, to become obscured.  But with the election and now the innauguration of the first African American US President, a man who comports himself with all the dignity and grace that any country could hope for in a president, America is holding up that dream again.  It is not merely an American dream.  It is a dream for all peoples who seek and love freedom.

As Americans, it is our duty uphold that dream.  We have been given much.  From us, much will be required.

May God bless Barack Obama.  And may God bless America.