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Intersections with Phil Allen, Jr.\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\n \nEpisode: 015\xa0\u201cRemembering MLK: Saving the Soul of America\u2019\u201d \nAirdate: January 17, 2021\nLength: 1:07:33\nGuests: Hak Joon Lee\n \nHak Joon Lee, Lewis B. Smedes Professor of Ethics at Fuller Theological Seminary, joins us on this episode of Intersections with Phil Allen Jr. Dr. Lee takes us on journey as we celebrate and reflect on the relevance of Martin Luther King Jr.\u2019s life and legacy celebrate this MLK day. He begins with his own personal story on how, as he says, \u201ca Korean man came to be interested in Martin Luther King\u201d and become a King scholar. He shares a compelling story of a supernatural encounter with God that convinced him of this calling.\nListen to Lee as he helps us truly understand King and the Civil Rights Movement as many people have chosen to sanitize King and reduce him to a couple of positive, non-threatening lines from his speeches like \u201cI Have a Dream.\u201d But King\u2019s firm, prophetic voice has to be relevant today in the direction this nation is headed in. He points out the sobering reality of US America\u2019s trajectory of violence, greed, misinformation, rise in suicide, depression, and racial injustice. According to Lee, what we can learn from King is the urgency to save the \u201csoul of America.\u201d\nIt was pain and the desire to have a group\u2019s collective dignity honored that drove the Civil Rights movement. Do we find ourselves in that place today? Can we tap into the pain we feel today to be a catalyst for social movement as our predecessors did? Can we do this on a multi-ethnic and multi-cultural level to fight against social injustice? Can the US church be awakened to be a part of or even lead this movement?\nListen in as we reflect on King, honor King, and learn about King.\n____________\nPhil Allen, Jr (http://www.philallenjr.com). is a Los Angeles-based pastor, social justice activist, filmmaker and author. Allen\u2019s book Open Wounds explores the murder of Nate Allen\u2014Phil Allen\u2019s grandfather\u2014in the Jim Crow era of South Carolina and how that traumatic event resonated through generations of his family. Open Wounds \u2013 which is based on the Allen-produced documentary (http://www.openwoundsdoc.com) of the same name \u2013 will be published February 9, 2021. Allen is a Ph.D. student studying Christian ethics at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, CA.