The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. would have turned 90 on Jan. 15. What would he think of what we’ve done with his message of love and hope?
As we get ready to celebrate King’s birthday with a national holiday, we often hear him referred to as a black leader, or a Baptist leader. But that description is, in many ways, a reflection of our increasingly polarized world, where we try to separate people by race and faith. To truly appreciate how King changed the world, it’s important to step back and see him as a spiritual leader whose message transcended the particularities of any one religion.