Isaiah 61, Amos 5 and Tweets from a Mass Revival

The spirit of the Lord God is upon me,
because the Lord has anointed me;
he has sent me to bring good news to the oppressed,
to bind up the broken-hearted,
to proclaim liberty to the captives,
and release to the prisoners. Isaiah 61:1

Albuquerque was just the second stop in the Poor People's Campaign:  A National Moral Mass Revival Meeting.  Central United Methodist Church was packed to capacity. "There are people listening in the parking lot," said Rev. Dr. .William Barber, a renown Civil Rights leader and founder of Repairers of the Breach. This evening was not all about Rev. Barber's inspirational words. We learned about different ways that people in New Mexico are oppressed by the economic system, by the military-industrial complex, by the corporate sector.  And yet, the overflow crowd was hungry for Rev. Barber's words. They heard about Isaiah 10 and Amos 5. 

Here are some Twitter messages from a few of the folks in the pews.

Welcome to NM, Rev. Dr. William J. Barber and Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis! #poorpeoplescampaign #moralresistance @UniteThePoor @BRepairers pic.twitter.com/2Cj7KRiISI

— Kyra Ellis-Moore (@KyraElizabeth15) August 16, 2017

Eileen and the In-Betweens performed the song "I Ain't Giving Up" at #PoorPeoplesCampaign rally in #ABQ on Tuesday, featuring Rev. Barber pic.twitter.com/W1xBkHpVMi

— Carlos Navarro (@CNinABQ) August 16, 2017

4 horsemen extends #MLK's triple evils- racism, poverty, militarism, environmental devastation. We need #poorpeoplescampaign to address them

— PoorPeoplesCampaign (@UniteThePoor) August 16, 2017

#PoorPeoplesCampaign "There is a fire raging now 4 the poor in this society. People are bleeding to death from this system of economics"

— Heather Ferguson (@heatherf66) August 16, 2017

@RevDrBarber bringing it: "We must get beyond condemning acts of white supremacy&start condemning the POLICIES." #PoorPeoplesCampaign #nmpol pic.twitter.com/eU6lWipQSu

— Javier Benavidez (@nm_uprising) August 16, 2017

"Do we have permission to mess with your future?"-@RevDrBarber #PoorPeoplesCampaign#MoralResistance pic.twitter.com/CVuwRdY9Dx

— Colton Lott (@Lott_o_Colton) August 16, 2017

There's a nonviolent army of love rising! Thank you, New Mexico & everyone who came out tonight in #ABQ #PoorPeoplesCampaign #MoralMovement

— Rev. Dr. Barber (@RevDrBarber) August 16, 2017