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The Light In One's Path: Parts 1 and 2 (1971-12-3),
The Integrity of the Word (1964-01-31); Man's Equity in Life (1971-12-3)
In this recording within the We Believe…
Tags: body, denial, identity, inner-being, integrity, Jesus, journey, linguistics, Matthew 21:29-31, meditations of the heart, money, origin, Parables, pedantic, pilgrim's progress, residue, self, symbol, womb
Boundaries of the Self (1961-11-24); Confidence in God (1958-06-13)
"How Precious Are Thy Thoughts..." (1961-01-13); Try Me and Know My Thoughts (1961-03-17)
Tags: action, birth, Conrad, ecology, egg, experience, fact of life, Faust, freedom, germ, imagination, interconnectivity, Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, judgement, memory, mind, myth, new life, Psalm 139, psychiatrist, reaction, responsibility, salvation, Tennyson, Ulysses, wind
Prayers (1962-06-01); When I Awake (1961-03-03)
In "When I Awake," he discusses the relatedness of all humans to other humans, past and present. He suggests that we are never alone because of these connections and because we are all part of God.
If I Ascend Up to Heaven (1961-01-06); The Patience of Unanswered Prayer (1958-04-11)
In "If I Ascend Up to Heaven," Thurman explores the idea that God is present in the joys of life and the darkest of times. He also dwells on the idea that we often feel isolated from others, but that no one is isolated from God.
In "The Patience of Unanswered Prayer," Thurman explores the value of learning the patience of unanswered prayer. He suggests that this patience can lead away from a focus on the hunger for something that has not come to pass. Instead,…
The Function of Stillness (1962-12-14); Miracle of Prayer (1964-01-10)
In "Miracle of Prayer", he suggests that prayer takes many forms and purposes, but its true value is in the ability for the human spirit to be in the presence of God.
The Varieties of Peace (1962-01-12); "I Hate Them With Perfect Hate " (1961-03-10)
In the first message, Howard Thurman describes human desire to "be relieved of the pressure of anxiety that comes from finding no escape from the things that make life hard." Quiet times of meditation can give us the space to take a long look at our own situation and "give wings to our longings." The peace we can experience during crisis is contained within the crisis itself, which means it must end, without us knowing whether the situation will be better or worse…
Joy Beyond Pain (1961-10-06); Protection From Our Weaknesses (1962-10-12)
In "Protection from Our Weaknesses," he discusses human weaknesses, how they are exploited or used as excuses, and that we often are protected…
Resistance to the Social Order (1962-04-20); Self Realization and Acceptance (1963-11-08)
In this recording within the We Believe series; Howard Thurman reads and reflects from his work, "The…
Tags: Bardoli, death, development, From Man to Man, Gandhi, George Cross, heart, Hinduism, inclusivism, India, individuality, Isolation, justice, life, mysticism, odyssey, Olive Schreiner, oppression, personalism, prayer, process, prosperity, protest, reality, resistance, satyagraha, spirituals, Telemachus, The Inward Journey, truth, universalism, Were You There When They Crucified My Lord?