tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355086750486200439.post3040819455499554578..comments2024-03-19T02:52:09.340-05:00Comments on The View from This Seat: "The Work of Christmas"LKSeathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08860725174433173015noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355086750486200439.post-16888273396006965032011-12-30T11:51:38.647-06:002011-12-30T11:51:38.647-06:00Part of my advent has been waiting to get back on ...Part of my advent has been waiting to get back on Leroy's blog, where Leroy frequently shows me a new side of familiar figures, and sometimes a whole new person, such as Thurman.<br /><br />I wonder if anyone with the right musical skills has tried putting a tune to the poem? I suspect it would make a moving folk song.Craig Dempseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00033176451913108084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355086750486200439.post-43602278856496750872011-12-27T08:06:09.337-06:002011-12-27T08:06:09.337-06:00Thinking Friend Michael Willett Newheart, who is a...Thinking Friend Michael Willett Newheart, who is a New Testament professor at Howard University School of Divinity and currently in Africa, sent the following comments by e-mail (and I post them here with his permission):<br /><br />"Thanks for the Thurman poem. . . . Thurman remains a patron saint at Howard Div., where he was prof of theology (while Benjamin Mays served as dean) as well as Dean of Rankin Chapel at Howard in the '30s and '40s. He left HU to be founding co-pastor of the Church for All Peoples in San Francisco, the first intentionally multi-racial church in the US. From there he went to BU. The chapel at Howard Div. is named after him. Joy and I were married in that chapel in 1993. <br /><br />"I found out at the AAR that a documentary on his life is being produced, entitled, 'The Psalm of Howard Thurman,' which will be out late 2012.<br /><br />"A new book on Thurman has just been published: 'Visions of a Better world: Howard Thurman's Pilgrimage to India and the Origins of African American Nonviolence' . . . I checked it out just before leaving for Kenya, and I look forward to getting back to it when I return on Sat."LKSeathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08860725174433173015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355086750486200439.post-57360139719047208052011-12-26T17:12:56.530-06:002011-12-26T17:12:56.530-06:00Loved it, Leroy, and glad you are flexible to not ...Loved it, Leroy, and glad you are flexible to not always have to post on days ending in five or zero! And glad to know the connection to MLK, Jr.<br /><br />PS — My calendar for the 26th says: Federal Holiday, Kwanzaa Begins, Boxing DayPip Rhoadshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05949840977134345709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355086750486200439.post-54620175455395432802011-12-26T10:27:33.177-06:002011-12-26T10:27:33.177-06:00Words from an esteemed Thinking Friend in Kentucky...Words from an esteemed Thinking Friend in Kentucky:<br /><br />"A wonderful word of appreciation for Howard Thurman, Leroy. Thank you for sharing this poem/meditation by him. One could hardly surpass it as a thought for the New Year."LKSeathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08860725174433173015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355086750486200439.post-65469949059331710202011-12-26T10:25:16.183-06:002011-12-26T10:25:16.183-06:00Inspiring poem! Thanks for sharing it.Inspiring poem! Thanks for sharing it.Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18325255778858806022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355086750486200439.post-59079527299260780892011-12-26T10:11:43.695-06:002011-12-26T10:11:43.695-06:00Indeed!Indeed!Antonkjacobshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01734526091623931154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355086750486200439.post-35517876338485552892011-12-26T09:50:02.071-06:002011-12-26T09:50:02.071-06:00As C.S. Lewis noted, the incarnation of Christ was...As C.S. Lewis noted, the incarnation of Christ was for one reason, to form a Church and Kingdom.<br /><br />Among Christ Jesus' final words He commissioned His Church to preach the good news to all creation and go make disciples of the nations (giving priority to the sacrament of immersion). But the discipleship was learn to do what he had commanded - in summary: Love the LORD your GOD; Love your neighbor as yourself; Love your enemy; Love everyone within the Church.<br /><br />Regular reminders from others to live this is a good thing. Thanks for the reminder. Our calendar has an interesting footnote for today: Christmas observed.1sojournernoreply@blogger.com