Amazing Grace Sunday

I realize it's a little late, but tomorrow, February 18, is "Amazing Grace Sunday." They're trying to get as many churches as possible to sing the song on this day. Go to www.amazinggracesunday.com for resources and more information.

This is being done to promote the movie "Amazing Grace" - which is being released Feb. 21 in a theater near you. The movie is about: "

British politician William Wilberforce and his band of loyal friends [who] took on the most powerful forces of their day to end the slave trade... His mentor was John Newton, the slave-trader-turned-song-writer, who wrote the world’s most popular hymn, Amazing Grace. This year is the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the slave trade. But the work of justice and mercy continues. 27 million men, women, and children are still enslaved around the globe."

* To find out how you can help end modern-day slavery: GO HERE.

* For William Wilberforce's biography: GO HERE.

In the words of the great Martin Luther King, Jr., "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." (Letter from Birmingham Jail, 1963)