![]() ![]() ![]() Solitude remained his distinctive mark and the slow, introverted flow of his written and spoken meditations appeals to our essential loneliness, probing our tender spots, allowing us to face pain and disenchantment with a gentle courage. ![]() By temperament Thurman was not a militant. His ethical gift did not necessarily lead to social action, however. He was a mystic who translated "the experience of love" into realistic, dynamic connections with fellow human beings. Forged in the crucible of a rural, segregated African-American community in Florida, and nourished by closeness to the Divine Presence, the spirituality of Howard Thurman (1899-1981) is governed by a deep, abiding inwardness, a solitary relation with God, which nourishes responsiveness to other people. ![]()
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