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As poet prophet and priest Thurman builds upon a powerful legacy of ancestral hope belief in a liberating God who can always be found in and among the struggling
Yolanda Pierce

A universal beacon of hope and endurance for people of all faiths seeking to meet the challenges uncertainties and joys of life

Howard Thurmans Meditations of the Heart is a beautiful collection of over 150 prayers poems and meditations on prayer community and the joys and rituals of life by one of our greatest spiritual leaders Thurman a spiritualist and mystic was renowned for the quiet beauty of his reflections on humanity and our relationship with God

In a new foreword Yolanda Pierce dean of Howard Universitys School of Divinity calls attention to the justicecentered theological framework of Thurmans words Pierce notes how Thurman brings to light an image of God who can always be found in and among the struggling both in times of weariness and in strength

First written for and shared with his congregation of the Church for the Fellowship of All Peoples in San Francisco California these meditations sustain elevate and inspire They are a universal beacon of hope and endurance for people of all faiths seeking to meet the challenges uncertainties and joys of everyday life with a renewed and liberating faith