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Marching on No Kings Day: What’s It All About? By Matthew Fox 3/28/2026 |
Walking can be a spiritual practice. I have been privileged to participate in several of Thich Nhat Hanh’s “walking meditation” events held at Lake Merritt Park in Oakland, California, when Jerry Brown was mayor there. |
On returning from marching with MLK, Jr. at Selma, Rabbi Heschel told his daughter that “I felt my feet were praying.” A few weeks ago, beginning before America went to war against Iran, without informing the American public why or what for, 23 Buddhist monks set out from Houston, Texas, on a
2,300-mile walk to Washington, D.C. The |
The monks engaged with local communities in Snellville, GA through peaceful gatherings, dialogues, blessings, and silent presence, offering a reminder that peace begins within and radiates outward to families, communities, and society. Photo credit: The Walk for Peace. Published with
permission. |
intention was clear: “A March for Peace.” Their very holy action brought tens of thousands of people of all religious persuasions and none out in the streets to greet and thank them. The ancient practice of pilgrimage is a kind of prayer through walking experience. One is exposed to the elements perhaps for days and undergoes discomfort, but also exhilaration, living in the outdoors and setting a sacred goal for oneself and rendering the way a sacred way to a sacred goal. And just this week, a happening unique to the last 1,500 years occurred when the new archbishop of Canterbury and head of the Anglican communion chose to hike from London to Canterbury—a six-day, 87-mile journey—instead of arriving by car, limousine, or carriage. The new archbishop of Canterbury, Sarah Elisabeth Mullally, is a woman who began her career as a nurse, so she knows something about honoring our healthy
bodies. |
Facebook video of the end of soon-to-be-Archbishop Sarah Mullally’s 6-day
pilgrimage from St. Paul’s Cathedral to Canterbury Cathedral. To view the video, click the image. Diocese of Canterbury | I salute her for the major lessons she extends to everyone by her pilgrimage to her anointing as head of her communion. A very creation-centered lesson indeed—”Get outdoors! Engage the body. Include friends.” All the photos of her on her journey
show her smiling a lot.* Why not? What a wonderful way to begin a role as a spiritual leader! Today, Saturday March 28, is being heralded as another “No Kings Day” where over 3000 venues around the country will be hosting marchers marching in protest of those who have chosen to turn their backs on democracy in favor of
autocracy and even violence. |
Rev. Paul Raushenbush, head of Interfaith Alliance, has talked up today’s No Kings march this way: People from every faith and belief will be showing up and speaking out with one voice, saying: No to Kings, Yes to Democracy; No to Theocracy, Yes to Religious Freedom; No to Christian Nationalism, Yes To Loving Our Neighbor! It is pretty clear what we are marching against, the forces and tactics of anti-democracy and institutional violence otherwise known as fascism are on display and making headlines daily in our country. But what are we
marching for? We march and team up to put forward our better natures. We march on behalf of Mother Earth, so generous and so
beautiful and so stressed by human greed and forgetfulness in our time. We march for the survival of the planet as we know it. We march for a renewed
and reawakened Democracy. |
We march out of gratitude. We march in solidarity and to meet others who share these values. We march in joy and to see
the joy in other’s eyes and the humor and seriousness in the signs they create. |
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We march on behalf of a Beloved community seeking to be born. We march for restoration of the American experiment and in memory of our ancestors who saw the possibilities in that vision and in the words of the statue of liberty: Those yearning to be free. We march for truth. And for justice. And
for Peace. |
Queries for Contemplation What are you marching for this No Kings Day? What are you marching
against? |
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