On Howard Thurman

with author Lerita Coleman Brown

This week’s issue of Notebooks features an interview with Dr. Lerita Coleman Brown.

Lerita Coleman Brown, author, speaker, heart and kidney transplant recipient, and former psychology professor. As a Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation graduate, she is a spiritual director/companion retreat leader.

She lives in Stone Mountain, Georgia, USA, with her husband. Her family includes two grown children and one grandchild.

She is the author of a new book on Howard Thurman, “What Makes Your Heart Sing: A Spiritual Walk with Howard Thurman.” Howard Thurman was the Spiritual Director to many in the Civil Rights era. His book Jesus and the Disinherited accompanied Martin Luther King Jr throughout his travels. Thurman studied with Mohandas Gandhi and brought Non-Violent resistance back to the United States. He later founded a church in San Fransisco and, for many years, was a chaplain at Boston University.

You can listen to the podcast by clicking the link below or wherever you listen to podcasts. Just Search for Everyday Spirituality in your favorite podcast app. Click below to listen.

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James Hazelwood, author, bishop, and spiritual companion, is the author of Weird Wisdom for the Second Half of Life and Everyday Spirituality: Discover a Life of Hope, Peace, and Meaning. His website is www.jameshazelwood.net