They who seek God with all their hearts must, however, some day on their way meet Jesus.1

Howard Thurman Jesus and the Disinherited
Also known as: Howard Washington Thurman
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About Howard Thurman

Howard Washington Thurman (November 18, 1899 – April 10, 1981) was an influential American author, philosopher, theologian, educator and civil rights leader. He was Dean of Chapel at Howard University and Boston University for more than two decades, wrote 21 books, and in 1944 Thurman cofounded San Francisco’s Church for the Fellowship of All Peoples, the first integrated, interfaith religious congregation in the United States.

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