A few hours into this day of frenzied, nonstop calls, I realized I needed centering. I stopped everything to call my pastor. Reverend Dr. Amos C. Brown is a Baptist preacher who marched with Dr. King. Of course he had already heard the news. I put him on speaker so the whole table could listen to his wise and sonorous voice, and we prayed. He talked about Queen Esther, who saved her people when they were threatened. “You were born for a time such as this,” he said, and I teared up. He asked God to protect me, my family, my team, and to give us an understanding of our purpose in this moment. It
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Opposite. Gassed you up and made you complacent.
