I grew up in the black church tradition, and in the black church tradition, we talk about
speaking truth to power in a prophetic voice.
Inaction Of Black Leadership to
Speak Truth to Power in an age of Oppressive Governance
Not exact matches
At their best, newspapers play an important role
in keeping their readers informed and
speaking truth to power.
When Chicago lawyer Marvin Bower rescued what was then an accounting and engineering firm from near bankruptcy
in 1939 and proceeded
to invent the discipline of management consulting, he enshrined a set of commandments that guides McKinsey
to this day: put client interest above firm profits;
speak truth to power no matter the consequences; our work must have real impact on the client's business; take client secrets
to the grave.
Former US President Barack Obama commended Parkland student activists for «
speaking truth to power»
in a piece written for TIME magazine.
They were efforts led by students around the world who were
speaking in the most influential way they knew how: civil disobedience, marching
in the streets with signs and chanting
truth to power.
It's dated, but worth reading as it helps Christians understand the
power of humor
in doing all the things listed above: embracing spiritual correction,
speaking truth to power, eliminating cultural prejudice and deconstructing religious cliques.
John Jenkins of Notre Dame and John Garvey of Catholic University, for a missed opportunity
to speak the whole
truth to power about the proposed new HHS mandate that would force all health insurers
to cover abortifacient drugs under the rubric of «contraceptives»
in «preventive» health coverage for women.
Although there are parts of the encyclical that are difficult
to understand from our modern American perspective (and I say that with the greatest affection), I believe the encyclical
speaks as a voice crying
in the wilderness, holding out the
truth to those who have the
power to incarnate it
in the world through their policies and actions.
Speaking out about Gentiles being denied worship in the temple, prophets being without honour among their own people, and standing in solidarity with the vulnerable with speaking the truth t
Speaking out about Gentiles being denied worship
in the temple, prophets being without honour among their own people, and standing
in solidarity with the vulnerable with
speaking the truth t
speaking the
truth to power.
«The victims and survivors deserve
to speak about the horrific abuse that took place and be heard
in a public forum tasked with sufficient
powers to get
to the
truth.
All of these women are strong, are
in control of their own sexuality and lives, and do a lot
to speak truth to power.
But
power had and still has no ear for
truth, so God
spoke to Egypt's powerful
in the language of
power, and the first - born
in Egypt died.
By
speaking the
truth to power, privilege and comfort we, by example,
speak truth to our children, instilling
in them the values of our rich tradition.
But how can we
speak truth to power when we spend our energies
in fighting the same battles with each other that the church has been fighting for centuries?
Truth in the night is
spoken to the one who has
power in the daylight.
How can we
speak truth to power when we have abandoned the powerful language of our past and acquiesced
in trivializing the powerful and revolutionary message of Christ into bumper sticker messages like, «Honk if you love Jesus.»?
About the only major force trying
to uncover
truth and
speak it
in power is the loose networks of NGOs13 that operate locally, regionally, and, by increasing measure, globally.
The reply given by the Johannine Jesus appears at first
to confirm this by saying, «If a man has faith
in me, even though he die, he shall come
to life», but then proceeds
to add quite a new interpretation of the resurrection
power of Christ
in the words, «and no one who is alive and has faith shall ever die».13 C. H. Dodd concludes that «the «resurrection» of which Jesus has
spoken is something which may take place before bodily death, and has for its result the possession of eternal life here and now... The evangelist agrees with popular Christianity that the believer will enter into eternal life at the general resurrection, but for him this is a
truth of less importance than the fact that the believer already enjoys eternal life and the former is a consequence of the latter.»
Par for the course for the xians
in America, They know the answer, and are too afraid
to speak truth to power, which is pretty much all Jesus did.
Now it falls
to organisations such as Baby Milk Action
to speak truth to power — and that responsibility includes voicing our disappointment
in The Guardian.
As we've said here before, 140 characters is a lot of room
in which
to stick a foot
in one's mouth, though I bet the Senator's supporters wouldn't actually see this one as a gaffe —
to them, it's
speaking truth to power (and note that Grassley's even featured his feed jokingly
in a campaign video).
Speak truth to power, even at the risk of your own political flank (like Senator Obama
in his speech on «A More Perfect Union»).
We focused largely on the anti-bullying lesson plan she debuted this week with NYSUT President Dick Iannuzzi as part of the «
Speak Truth to Power» cirriculum developed
in 2010 for New York's public schools.
By
speaking the
truth in love we gain a greater desire and
power to grow up
in all aspects into Him.
Politicians, colleagues and readers gathered
to remember investigative reporter Wayne Barrett on Friday afternoon, filling a Catholic church
in Brownsville, Brooklyn, for the funeral of the man who
spoke truth to power and made those
in power better
in the process.
«Now, Adriano is seeking
to ensure the seat originally created
to give the African and Caribbean diaspora representation
in Washington remains at the forefront of fighting poverty,
speaking truth to power, and serving as a national model of cooperation between communities of color nation - wide.
We ink - stained wretches could still more of his kind at the barricades
in the battle for what remains of journalism and for the democratic promise that can only be realized when the press and the pressmen
speak truth to power.
For the change we want
in Albany, we need a clear voice unafraid
to speak truth to power.
My colleagues
in the PNDC and NDC1 and 2 knew that I
speak the
truth to every fellow citizen even when he is the personification of our collective
power for the meantime.
Politicians, colleagues and readers gathered
to remember investigate reporter Wayne Barrett this afternoon, filling a Catholic church
in Brownsville, Brooklyn, for the funeral of the man who
spoke truth to power and made those
in power better
in the process.
I today we went
in it very clear purpose which was
to speak the
truth to power and that's that's what he did so it's not up
to he did decide.
«No one is
in any doubt that I'm independent - minded and willing
to speak truth to power — whether
in Number 10 or my own party,» he argues.
Talk about
speaking truth to power: this report does not hold back
in telling the government that it is getting, er, just about everything wrong.
Preachers, he said, must
speak truth to power «
in the spirit of the prophets,» no matter which party holds
power.
With optimistic Jupiter — Sagittarius» planetary guardian —
powering forward into direct motion
in peaceful Libra — the sign of balance — we'll all be more courageous when it comes
to speaking our
truth.
Scarlett Johansson's role as a show dog / love interest called Nutmeg, who bears a strange resemblance
in grooming and deportment
to Lee Remick, is off
to the side — more so than Greta Gerwig's feisty, thatch - haired student protester, busy
speaking truth to power on mainland Japan while being, a little inexplicably, white.
Snowden making his bones at the CIA
in Virginia, where he meets Hank Forrester (a quietly and wonderfully crazy Nicolas Cage), a contractor who's been sidelined for
speaking truth to power.
We end up laughing through a dark and brutal time
in history, while Iannuci
speaks truth to those currently
in power with a sharp and savage brand of mockery.
I had a very political day and a half when I caught
in succession Frieda Mock's «Anita:
Speaking Truth to Power,» about Anita Hill; «The World According
to Dick Cheney,» directed by R.J. Cutler and Greg Finton; Alex Gibney's marvelous «We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks»; and Richard Rowley's eye - opening «Dirty Wars,» which follows reporter / whistle - blower Jeremy Scahill's investigations into covert military operations conducted by the United States
in more than 70 countries, including some that are supposed American allies.
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in Liverpool «This Is How You Walk On» from Gifted «Summer Storm» from The Glass Castle «The Pure and the Damned» from Good Time «This Is Me» from The Greatest Showman «The Hero» from The Hero «How Shall a Sparrow Fly» from Hostiles «Just Getting Started» from If You're Not
in the Obit, Eat Breakfast «Truth to Power» from An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power «Next Stop, The Stars» from Kepler's Dream «The Devil & The Huntsman» from King Arthur: Legend of the Sword «Have You Ever Wondered» from Lake of Fire «I'll Be Gone» from Lake of Fire «We'll Party All Night» from Lake of Fire «Friends Are Family» from The Lego Batman Movie «Found My Place» from The Lego Ninjago Movie «Stand Up for Something» from Marshall «Rain» from Mary and the Witch's Flower «Myron / Byron» from The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) «Longing for Summer» from Moomins and the Winter Wonderland «Mighty River» from Mudbound «Never Forget» from Murder on the Orient Express «Hold the Light» from Only the Brave «PBNJ» from Patti Cake $ «Tuff Love (Finale)» from Patti Cake $ «Lost Souls» from The Pirates of Somalia «How a Heart Unbreaks» from Pitch Perfect 3 «The Promise» from The Promise «Kaadanayum Kaalchilambe» from Pulimurugan «Maanathe Maarikurumbe» from Pulimurugan «Stubborn Angel» from Same Kind of Different as Me «Dancing Through the Wreckage» from Served Like a Girl «Keep Your Eyes on Me» from The Shack «On the Music Goes» from Slipaway «The Star» from The Star «Jump» from Step «Tickling Giants» from Tickling Giants «Fly Away» from Trafficked «Speak to Me» from Voice From the Stone «Walk on Faith» from Year by the S
in the Obit, Eat Breakfast «
Truth to Power» from An Inconvenient Sequel:
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Speak to Me» from Voice From the Stone «Walk on Faith» from Year by the Sea
But Spielberg's film — which alludes
to the coming of Nixon's presidency - ending scandal
in a coda — triumphs as an energizing call
to arms against any political tyrant who'd deny journalists the right
to speak truth to power.
The 36 - year - old actor
spoke on stage with former Vice President Al Gore at the Fandango advanced screening of An Inconvenient Sequel:
Truth to Power held at The Greek Theatre on Saturday (May 6)
in Los Angeles.
Oliver Stone forgets
to be bold
in a real - life tale of
speaking truth to power that could have used his fire of yesteryear.
Speaking of which, Al Gore is
in their quiver, too, remember, here at the fest with a special presentation of «An Inconvenient Sequel:
Truth to Power.»
Unlike Woodward and Bernstein or Lowell Bergman, Webb doesn't have the
power to speak the
truth as freely as they did (
in their aforementioned Hollywood depictions) and the loneliness which comes as a result of being shunned by his profession was felt by me.
«I depart ready
to exercise the audacity
to speak truth to powers and principalities
in our education systems, as I have learned and have had
to challenge myself
to do while here at HGSE.
Kennedy acknowledged that there are roadblocks
to schools adopting the
Speak Truth to Power curriculum, citing as example how social studies loses its place
in an era of standardized testing.
Speak Truth to Power's innovative curriculum and programs stretch from kindergarten all the way
to law school
in an effort
to do so.
The goal behind
Speak Truth to Power is
to provide a learning platform for students who may find themselves
in chaotic situations or oppressive communities whether
in school, home, or society.