The radical tension between good and evil, as man sees it and feels it, does not have the last word about the meaning of life and the nature of existence.
— Howard Thurman (1899–1981), Theologe, Autor, Bürgerrechtler
Source: The Search For Common Ground (1971), S. 6
Topics: Suffering & the Question of God, Meaning & Identity, Hope & Confidence
Occasions: For Reflection, Comfort
Howard Thurman
Howard Thurman (1899–1981) war ein US-amerikanischer Theologe, baptistischer Universitätsprediger und Autor, der unter anderem in Washington, D.C., Boston und San Francisco wirkte. Er verband christliche Mystik mit der Idee des gewaltfreien Widerstands, gründete eine der ersten interkulturellen Gemeinden der USA und galt als geistlicher Mentor Martin Luther Kings Jr. Für Bibelleser heute eröffnet sein Ansatz eine Perspektive auf das Evangelium aus der Sicht gesellschaftlich Entrechteter und zeigt die Verbindung von innerer Kontemplation und sozialer Gerechtigkeit.
All quotes by Howard Thurman (12)
In our own woundedness, we can become sources of life for others.
Henri Nouwen
Ultimately mourning means facing what wounds us in the presence of One who can heal.
Henri Nouwen
C.S. Lewis
When we are crushed like grapes, we cannot think of the wine we will become.
Henri Nouwen
He has chosen not to heal me, but to hold me. The more intense the pain, the closer His embrace.
Joni Eareckson Tada
Etty Hillesum
God writes straight even on crooked lines.
Paul Claudel
God lets us walk no path that he himself has not walked, and on which he does not go ahead of us.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer