Howard Thurman

Hailed by Life magazine as one of the great preachers of the twentieth century; a spiritual advisor to Martin Luther King, Jr., Sherwood Eddy, James Farmer, A. J. Musty, and Pauli Murray; the first black dean at a white university; cofounder of the first interracially pastored, intercultural church in the United States; Howard Thurman (1899-1981) was a man of penetrating foresight and astonishing charisma. His vision of the world was one of a democratic camaraderie born of faith, and in light of today's global community, one of particular importance.

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A universal beacon of hope and endurance for people of all faiths seeking to meet the challenges, uncertainties, and joys of life. With a New Foreword by Yolanda Pierce...

Book | By Howard Thurman, Yolanda Pierce | From inSpirit: The UU Book and Gift Shop
Tagged as: Faith, Hope, Joy, Justice, Spirituality

A commemorative edition of the work that inspired Martin Luther King, Jr. and helped shape the civil rights movement...

Book | By Howard Thurman, The Rev. Dr Kelly Brown Douglas | From inSpirit: The UU Book and Gift Shop
Tagged as: Christianity

There are two questions that [a person] must ask [themselves]. The first is "Where am I going?" and the second is "Who will go with me?" If you ever get these questions in the wrong order, you are in trouble. source: Fire in the Belly by Sam Keen, p. 12.

Quote | By Howard Thurman | January 3, 2017 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: Compromise, Direct Experience, Discernment, Ethics, Humanism, Interdependence, Journey, Leadership, Listening, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Purpose, Secular, Unity, Vision

When the song of the angels is stilled, when the star in the sky is gone, when the kings and princes are home, when the shepherds are back with their flocks, the work of Christmas begins: to find the lost, to heal the broken, to feed the hungry, to release the prisoner, to rebuild the nations, to...

Affirmation | By Howard Thurman | December 6, 2016 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: Advent, Christmas Eve / Christmas, Community, Hope, Justice, New Year, Peace, Purpose, Redemption, Service, Twelfth Night / Epiphany, Work

Waiting is a window opening on many landscapes. For some, waiting means the cessation of all activity when energy is gone and exhaustion is all that the heart can manage. It is the long, slow panting of the spirit. For some, waiting is a time of intense preparation for the next leg of the journey.

Meditation | By Howard Thurman | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Balance, Christianity, Courage, Doubt, Faith, Integrity, Letting Go, Limitations

Look well to the growing edge! All around us worlds are dying and new worlds are being born; all around us life is dying and life is being born. The fruit ripens on the tree, the roots are silently at work in the darkness of the earth against a time when there shall be new leaves, fresh blossoms,...

Quote | By Howard Thurman | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: Challenge, Limitations, Strength

The concern which I lay bare before God today is my need to be better: I want to be better than I am in my most ordinary day-by-day contacts: With my friends— With my family— With my casual contacts— With my business relations— With my associates in work and play. I want to be better than I...

Meditation | By Howard Thurman | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: Christianity, God, Growth, Humility, Integrity, Limitations

By Rev. Dr. Howard Thurman, author, philosopher, theologian, educator and civil rights leader. There must be always remaining in every life some place for the singing of angels, some place for that which in itself is breathlessly beautiful and—by an inherent prerogative, throwing all the rest of...

Leader Resource | By Howard Thurman | July 20, 2012 | For Adults | From Building the World We Dream About for Young Adults

There must be always remaining in every life some place for the singing of angels, some place for that which in itself is breathlessly beautiful and—by an inherent prerogative, throwing all the rest of life into a new and creative relatedness—something that gathers up in itself all the freshets...

Leader Resource | By Howard Thurman | December 10, 2011 | For Adults | From Building the World We Dream About

Meditations of the Heart, by Howard Thurman, Copyright (C)1953, 1981 by Anne Thurman. Reprinted by permission of Beacon Press, Boston, Massachusetts. It is very easy to pretend to understand what one does not understand....

Leader Resource | By Howard Thurman | December 10, 2011 | For Adults | From Building the World We Dream About

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