Reminder: Online retreat with the wisdom of Howard Thurman begins September 10

Longing for some reflective time and space?  

Hoping for something that fits your schedule? 

Interested in (re-)discovering the life and words of a wise guide? 

 

Join us for

 

Nine Days with Howard Thurman

 

An online retreat on your own time:

Got 20 minutes a day? 

You will be able to visit the retreat blog any time, day or night,

 for nine consecutive days.

 

September 10-18, 2024

 

 

Scroll down for an overview of Dr. Thurman's life and work

and for registration for the retreats.

 

The retreat takes place on a blog accessible only to those who have registered. Signing on to the blog is easy. (And if needed, tech help is available from your friendly retreat leader.) For each of the nine days, you will find on the blog:

one short excerpt from the writings of Howard Thurman
one spiritual exercise
one prayer

Conversations can take place in the comments to each blog post, or you may choose to remain silent and anonymous.

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Howard Thurman (1899-1981), a philosopher, educator, theologian, and pastor, was an African American born in the segregated South during the Jim Crow era. Nourished by the rich traditions of the Black Church and ordained as a Baptist minister, he was deeply influenced by Quaker thought, especially the mysticism and nonviolence of Rufus Jones. He was also a pioneer in interreligious understanding. His writings --books, prayers, meditations, and sermons-- are rooted in Christianity yet accessible and pertinent to people whose wisdom path is "spiritual but not religious."

Howard Thurman exercised a deep influence on some of the Civil Rights Movement's leaders, including Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. He traveled to India to meet Gandhi in the 1930s with the first group of African Americans to do so. Thurman served as the first Black Dean of Marsh Chapel, the university chapel at Boston University, and founded the Church for the Fellowship of All Peoples, a multicultural, multiracial, and interfaith congregation in San Francisco which is still in existence today. Thurman's book Jesus and the Disinherited (1949) predated Black liberation theology by a generation.

See also here.

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There is a sliding scale for the retreat fees, as you will see below.

If even the "hardship rate" is too high, write me 

so we can arrange a full or partial scholarship.
If you wish to register at the "benefactor" rate, 

your fee will help offset the cost of scholarships 

and will enable me to keep offering these retreats

 

PLEASE REGISTER AND PAY HERE. 

 

Thurman 9-day (Sept. 10-18) online retreat - pick one rate

Regular rate $95.00 USD Benefactor rate $155.00 USD Hardship rate $45.00 USD

Message (optional):

 Payment is non-refundable and due upon registration. 

 

In September, we are also offering an online (Zoom) group on grieving and grief. See here for details.