![]() The meditations are divided into five groups, titled "The Inward Sea","The Binding Ties", "Life is Alive", "The Moment of Celebration" and "Meditations of the Heart" with each group prefaced by a brief introduction. Their purpose is to focus the mind and the heart upon God as the Eternal Source and Goal of life." They are needs that are universal and in which all men share. Thurman tried to address his thoughts "to some of the deep and insistent needs of the human spirit, which needs know no age, clime, culture or group. In a brief Foreword, Thurman writes that "there is no underlying theme" holding the various meditations together. This is a moving at times difficult collection that shows a deep sincerity in the religious search and in the attempt to know God or the divine. Thurman published three volumes of short meditations and talks that he delivered during his years at the Fellowship Church, including this second volume "Meditations of the Heart". It welcomed people of all racial, cultural, economic, and religious backgrounds. ![]() From 1944 - 1952, Thurman served as pastor of the Church for the Fellowship of All Peoples in San Francisco, the first ecumenical church in the United States. I have been learning a great deal from reading works by and about him. Howard Thurman (1899 - 1981) was a mystic, preacher, civil rights leader, and philosopher. ![]()
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