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Thurman tells the story of how he travelled to New York to speak with Martin Luther King Jr. while King was in the hospital. Thurman talks about how he is able to reach King, and the conversations they have which center on his healing.

This recording is a part of a wider series of conversations from September to October of 1980 where Howard Thurman met with a variety of young men and women who were discerning their calling to ministry. Thurman poses the intent of this group as an opportunity to "open up for one's self the moving, vital, creative push of God, while God is still disguised in the movement of God's self." This recording opens with one student's reflection on the inner life, which is followed by a discussion on…