This route would seek to make real the teachings of Dr. King on reconciling and merging justice and compassion in order to realize the kingdom of God. He set the tone with his first public address in December 1955. Love is one of the pivotal points of the Christian faith. There is another side called justice. And justice is really love in calculation.
Justice is love correcting that which revolts against love.
As both the prophetic and organizational leader of the nonviolent civil rights movement, King strove to bring the whole nation to an accounting for its moral responsibility and its potential freedom. He crafted a philosophy of direct action that challenged sin-ridden structures while affirming the sanctity of each person caught up in these structures. King grasped that the rough, absolutist edges of the power of faith must be tempered by moral sensitivity, openness and empathy. It was the only way to avert psychological legacies of hatred and bitterness and to accomplish long-term healing. Only such a synthesis, I believe, can bridge the nation's searing divisions and bind up its wounds.