{"product_id":"meditations-of-the-heart-isbn-9780807007174","title":"Meditations of the Heart","description":"\u003cb\u003e“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.’”\u003cbr\u003e—Yolanda Pierce\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA universal beacon of hope and endurance for people of all faiths seeking to meet the challenges, uncertainties, and joys of life\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHoward Thurman’s \u003ci\u003eMeditations of the Heart\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a new foreword, Yolanda Pierce, dean of Howard University’s School of Divinity, calls attention to the justice-centered theological framework of Thurman’s 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst 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.\u003ci\u003eForeword to the 2022 Edition: Meditations of the Heart:\u003cbr\u003eHoward Thurman as Poet, Prophet, and Priest\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword to the First Edition, by Howard Thurman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART I. THE INWARD SEA\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. An Island of Peace within One’s Soul\u003cbr\u003e2. Silence is a Door to God\u003cbr\u003e3. In Quiet One Discovers the Will of God\u003cbr\u003e4. Relief in Voicing One’s Feelings\u003cbr\u003e5. The God of Life is the God of Religion\u003cbr\u003e6. “Be Still and Cool in the Mind”\u003cbr\u003e7. The Pattern of Prayer\u003cbr\u003e8. A Lull in the Rhythm of Doing\u003cbr\u003e9. How Good to Center Down!\u003cbr\u003e10. In the Moment of Pause, the Vision of God\u003cbr\u003e11. We Lay Bare all that We Are\u003cbr\u003e12. Work and Rest are one Entity\u003cbr\u003e13. None Need Be Alone\u003cbr\u003e14. Two Kinds of Ideals\u003cbr\u003e15. Keep Alive the Dream in the Heart\u003cbr\u003e16. Judgment Belongs to God\u003cbr\u003e17. That Thy Tryst may be Kept\u003cbr\u003e18. Every Judgment is Self-judgment\u003cbr\u003e19. A Man Becomes his Dream\u003cbr\u003e20. Memories Crowd upon Us\u003cbr\u003e21. The Great Exposure\u003cbr\u003e22. Life, an Offering to God\u003cbr\u003e23. Thou Shalt Love\u003cbr\u003e24. God is With Me\u003cbr\u003e25. Not Pity, but Compassion\u003cbr\u003e26. God is Present\u003cbr\u003e27. Myself, a High Priest of Truth\u003cbr\u003e28. Courage and Cowardice\u003cbr\u003e29. Strength to be Free\u003cbr\u003e30. The Embattled Spirit\u003cbr\u003e31. Let Us Pray\u003cbr\u003e32. The Patience of Unanswered Prayer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART II: THE BINDING TIES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Life Seems Unaware\u003cbr\u003e2. Struggle Is an Aspect of Life\u003cbr\u003e3. At My Center I Find Peace\u003cbr\u003e4. Pain Has a Ministry\u003cbr\u003e5. All Men Live the Eternal\u003cbr\u003e6. Who, or What, is to Blame?\u003cbr\u003e7. Our Children Are Not \u003ci\u003eThings\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e8. Let Your Words Be Yea and Nay\u003cbr\u003e9. Thank God for Humor!\u003cbr\u003e10. To What Loyalty Are You True?\u003cbr\u003e11. Relations to Others Must Be Dynamic\u003cbr\u003e12. The World Is Too Much With Us\u003cbr\u003e13. Every Man Must Decide\u003cbr\u003e14. Enthusiasm and Self-Sacrifice\u003cbr\u003e15. The Seed of the Jack Pine\u003cbr\u003e16. Our Little Lives\u003cbr\u003e17. When the Strain Is Heaviest\u003cbr\u003e18. Reservoir or Canal\u003cbr\u003e19. Concerning the Yucca\u003cbr\u003e20. The Temptation to Oversimplify\u003cbr\u003e21. The Desert Dweller\u003cbr\u003e22. The Iron Lung\u003cbr\u003e23. A Divinity That Shapes Our Ends\u003cbr\u003e24. The Experience of Growing Up\u003cbr\u003e25. Through the Coming Year\u003cbr\u003e26. The Horns of the Wild Oxen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART III: LIFE IS ALIVE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. There Is Order in Life\u003cbr\u003e2. Unity Is in God\u003cbr\u003e3. Shall I be Good?\u003cbr\u003e4. Life Abounds\u003cbr\u003e5. By Their Fruits\u003cbr\u003e6. The Glad Surprise\u003cbr\u003e7. Life Goes On\u003cbr\u003e8. Thine Is the Power!\u003cbr\u003e9. Make Up Your Mind\u003cbr\u003e10. Two Areas of Need\u003cbr\u003e11. If I Knew You\u003cbr\u003e12. All Life is One\u003cbr\u003e13. He Prayed for His Friends\u003cbr\u003e14. We are All One\u003cbr\u003e15. Man Cannot Be Indifferent to Men\u003cbr\u003e16. I Will Not Give Up\u003cbr\u003e17. Take No Thought for Your Life\u003cbr\u003e18. Magic All Around Us\u003cbr\u003e19. The Threads in My Hand\u003cbr\u003e20. She Practices Brotherhood\u003cbr\u003e21. A Glory! A Benediction!\u003cbr\u003e22. Indebted to a Vast Host\u003cbr\u003e23. Just a Human Being\u003cbr\u003e24. The Growing Edge\u003cbr\u003e25. “No Man Is an Island”\u003cbr\u003e26. The Need for Approval\u003cbr\u003e27. This is a New Year\u003cbr\u003e28. The Pressure of Crisis\u003cbr\u003e29. To Die Unshriven\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART IV: THE MOMENT OF CELEBRATION\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. The Season of Remembrance\u003cbr\u003e2. Concerning Human Relations\u003cbr\u003e3. A Litany of Thanksgiving\u003cbr\u003e4. Against the Background of the Year\u003cbr\u003e5. “Merry Christmas”\u003cbr\u003e6. The Sacrament of Christmas\u003cbr\u003e7. Candles for Christmas\u003cbr\u003e8. The Season of Affirmation\u003cbr\u003e9. Gifts on My Altar\u003cbr\u003e10. Long Live Life!\u003cbr\u003e11. Blessings at Year’s End\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART V: MEDITATIONS OF THE HEART\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Thy Light Within Me\u003cbr\u003e2. “I Will Lift up Mine Eyes”\u003cbr\u003e3. Abundance of Faith\u003cbr\u003e4. How Wonderful!\u003cbr\u003e5. I Surrender to God\u003cbr\u003e6. To Overcome Evil\u003cbr\u003e7. More Holy!\u003cbr\u003e8. To See and to Do\u003cbr\u003e9. “They That Wait Upon the Lord . . .”\u003cbr\u003e10. More Loving in My Heart\u003cbr\u003e11. Teach Me Thy Grace\u003cbr\u003e12. A Gracious Spirit\u003cbr\u003e13. I Seek Renewal\u003cbr\u003e14. “Still Dews of Quietness”\u003cbr\u003e15. The Outer Life and the Inward Sanctuary\u003cbr\u003e16. I Surrender Myself to God\u003cbr\u003e17. God Seeks Me\u003cbr\u003e18. Not We Ourselves\u003cbr\u003e19. Many  Assurances of Faith\u003cbr\u003e20. The Wisdom of Patience\u003cbr\u003e21. The Crucial Issues\u003cbr\u003e22. When Life Grows Dingy\u003cbr\u003e23. We Yield to the Love of God\u003cbr\u003e24. The Humble Spirit\u003cbr\u003e25. Life Without Cares\u003cbr\u003e26. The Valley of Death\u003cbr\u003e27. I Seek Room for Peace\u003cbr\u003e28. Prayer for a Friendly World\u003cbr\u003e29. Lord, Lord, Open Unto Me\u003cbr\u003e30. I Seek Truth and Light\u003cbr\u003e31. Be Thou My Vision\u003cbr\u003e32. The Source of My Life\u003cbr\u003e33. I Want to Be Better\u003cbr\u003e34. I Need Courage\u003cbr\u003e35. I Confess\u003cbr\u003e36. Wrong Between Me and Thee\u003cbr\u003e37. Not Comfortless\u003cbr\u003e38. I Rest This Day in God\u003cbr\u003e39. God Knows the Heart\u003cbr\u003e40. Courage to Live\u003cbr\u003e41. “I Will not Fail Thee”\u003cbr\u003e42. God is Near to All\u003cbr\u003e43. The Fire Flower\u003cbr\u003e44. Seek Ye the Lord\u003cbr\u003e45. I Will Sing a New Song\u003cbr\u003e46. The Wisdom of God\u003cbr\u003e47. Give Me the Listening Ear\u003cbr\u003e48. The Moments of High Resolve\u003cbr\u003e49. Surrounded by the Love of God\u003cbr\u003e50. For a Time of Sorrow\u003cbr\u003e51. Against Thee Have I Sinned\u003cbr\u003e52. Teach Me Thy Will\u003cbr\u003e53. God Restoreth My Soul\u003cbr\u003e54. If Thou Standeth Beside Me“Even seventy years removed from their initial publication, Thurman’s words are still speaking to our hearts.”\u003cbr\u003e—Yolanda Pierce, from the foreword\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“I have read Howard Thurman and been informed, influenced, and girded by his courage, intelligence, and abiding love.”\u003cbr\u003e—Maya Angelou\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“In those long midnight hours when morning seems weeks away, the words of Howard Thurman have kept watch with me.”\u003cbr\u003e—Alice Walker, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Color Purple\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The minister will find this a source of ideas and illustrations for sermon material. The layman will find it helpful for personal devotions and family worship.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eHoward Thurman\u003c\/b\u003e (1899–1981) was hailed by \u003ci\u003eLife\u003c\/i\u003e magazine as one of the great preachers of the 20th century. He was a nationally recognized theologian, distinguished religious leader, and prolific author whose radical nonviolent philosophy played a pivotal role in shaping the civil rights movement. As the first Black dean of Boston University’s Marsh Chapel, he became a spiritual adviser to Martin Luther King Jr. He wrote over 20 published books, such as \u003ci\u003eMeditations of the Heart\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWith Head and Heart: The Autobiography of Howard Thurman\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eDisciplines of the Spirit\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eYolanda Pierce\u003c\/b\u003e is dean of the Howard University School of Divinity in Washington, DC, and a professor of religion and literature and of womanist theology. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eIn My Grandmother’s House: Black Women, Faith, and the Stories We Inherit\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHell Without Fires: Slavery, Christianity, and the Antebellum Spiritual Narrative\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Beacon Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301635739877,"sku":"NP9780807007174","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780807007174.jpg?v=1767732505","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/meditations-of-the-heart-isbn-9780807007174","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}