"Go and do likewise": Wisdom from Howard Thurman
Howard Thurman (1899-1981) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Thurman Theologian, Educator, Civil Rights Advocate Photo: Boston University (bu.edu) This is an encore post of a piece first published here in July of 2019. If you do not know the name and work of Howard Thurman, begin here. Who Was Howard Thurman? This Far By Faith Jesus and the Disinherited ***************************** From (page 157 of) Sermons on the Parables by Howard Thurman. Orbis Books, 2018. "Do not shrink, then, from that which turns up in your road, suddenly making of us an ultimate demand. Know that if you respond with all that you have, your little life takes on a meaning in the light of which even death itself is a little thing. To miss it because of fear, timidity, pride, arrogance, self-righteousness, deceit, to miss it is to wander down your road in darkness, and what a darkness, what a darkness it is for you." Live bravely, humbly, and mercifully for the glory of God. God calls u...