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God hung the stars brighter than the sun to illuminate the darkness. And sent one life into the world to do the same. If we can comprehend it, understand that life, receive it, we can, said John in his gospel, be the very sons and daughters of God. If not, we’ll just stumble around with our flashlights, trying to find our own pitiful way and cursing the darkness that God would gladly dispel for us.

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Dr. Howard Thurman (1899 – April 10, 1981) rose from the segregated south of his childhood to become an author, philosopher, theologian, educator and civil rights leader. He was Dean of Theology and the chapels at Howard University and Boston University.  In 1953 Life magazine) rated Thurman among the twelve most important religious leaders in the United States. 

            He was a deeply spiritual man as well as thinker.  He wrote many books, including 

Jesus and the Disinherited (1949), which deeply influenced one of his students at Boston College, who happened to be the son of one of his friends and classmates from his Morehouse days.  The student’s name was Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Beginning this week, I have additional content available for subscribers only. It only costs three dollars per month to download and access audio books, audio articles, music, and lots more! Unsubscribe anytime you need those three dollars for something else. It kicks off with my chapters from ENCOUNTERING GOD IN THE PRAYERS OF OTHERS. For a sample, I've included here the chapter on Howard Thurman, as well as the introduction by Nancy McLemore. Emkpu!

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A prize hog named Brad Pitt and, two drunken troublemakers out for a joyride meet karma head-on. A Christmas story quite unlike any other in the mythical town of Mount Nebo,, where progress goes to slow down.

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We could use a good story right now. Here's one about a young preacher in a little country church, a long time ago and a long way from here, in a church without much promise and in need of help. It might be just the story you need today.

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