A highlight for me was bumping into South African liberation theologian Allan Boesak. Joshua Lazard who co-led an engaging workshop on Afrofuturism. Brandon Crowley who preached the opening night sermon and PhD candidate Rev. Boston University School of Theology was represented well by alumnus Rev. The occasion reminded us to lift as we climb.Ī few days later I attended The Samuel DeWitt Proctor Conference and this year's theme was Afrofuturism, Theoethics, and African Spirituality. The Outer Life and the Inward Sanctuaryĥ4.Last week I visited Atlanta for Morehouse College's A Candle in the Dark gala, which celebrated accomplished leaders in various industries and generated more than $3M in gifts for the school's programs and scholarships. In the Moment of Pause, the Vision of Godġ5. The God of Life is the God of Religionġ0. Howard Thurman as Poet, Prophet, and Priestįoreword to the First Edition, by Howard Thurmanģ. Author Biographyįoreword to the 2022 Edition: Meditations of the Heart: They are a universal beacon of hope and endurance for people of all faiths seeking to meet the challenges, uncertainties, and joys of everyday life with a renewed and liberating faith.

Pierce notes how Thurman brings to light an image of God who can always be found “in and among the struggling,” both in times of weariness and in strength.įirst written for and shared with his congregation of the Church for the Fellowship of All Peoples in San Francisco, California, these meditations sustain, elevate, and inspire. In a new foreword, Yolanda Pierce, dean of Howard University’s School of Divinity, calls attention to the justice-centered theological framework of Thurman’s words. Thurman, a spiritualist and mystic, was renowned for the quiet beauty of his reflections on humanity and our relationship with God. Howard Thurman’s Meditations of the Heart is a beautiful collection of over 150 prayers, poems, and meditations on prayer, community, and the joys and rituals of life by one of our greatest spiritual leaders. “As poet, prophet, and priest, Thurman builds upon a powerful legacy of ancestral hope: belief in a liberating God who can always be found ‘in and among the struggling.’”Ī universal beacon of hope and endurance for people of all faiths seeking to meet the challenges, uncertainties, and joys of life

The Centering Moment by Howard Thurman