Confessional Speech

Day One: It's how change starts

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The confessional language of Martin Niemoller, a pastor in Germany during Hitler’s reign, encourages me. He is so identified for his resistance to Hitler and subsequent advocacy for those who were persecuted that it is hard to imagine there was a time when he opted for silence.  Like many in Germany following WWI, he resen…