Join us for an evening of
Meditations with Howard Thurman
Note the change in date and time!
Thursday, March 17, 2022
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.
We will spend our two hours listening to selected reflections by Howard Thurman, pondering them in meditative silence, sharing some of our responses in conversation, and enjoying some related images and music.
There is a sliding scale for the retreat fee, as you will see below.
If the "hardship rate" is too high for you, please write me and we will arrange for a partial or full scholarship. If you can afford the "benefactor rate," your fees will help make scholarships possible.
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