The Thurman Forum

The Chemin Neuf Community (French: Communauté du Chemin Neuf) is a Catholic community with an ecumenical vocation.[1] Formed from a charismatic prayer group in 1973, it has 2,000 permanent members[citation needed] in 30 countries, and 12,000 people serving[citation needed] in the community missions. Its main founder is the Jesuit father, Laurent Fabre [fr].[2] The community takes its name from the first meeting place, based in Lyon, 49 Montée du Chemin-Neuf [fr]. A product of the Charismatic Renewal, the community claims to adhere to an Ignatian spirituality. It brings together priests, lay celibates (men and women) as well as non-celibates and couples with or without children. The community directs its actions around the principle of unity: unity of Christians (ecumenism), unity of men (notably between different cultures and nations), unity of couples and of families. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit demariuswalker.substack.com

The Community of St Anselm is an Acknowledged Religious Community in the Church of England, founded by Archbishop Justin Welby in 2015 as part of his first priority: the renewal of prayer and Religious life. We draw together Christians aged 20-35 from all over the world, and any branch of the Christian family tree, for a year of living a shared life of prayer, theological study and service to the poor. There are three spaces of belonging for members: Immersive (Resident at Lambeth Palace), Integrated (Working and living outside) and Alumni (those who have completed the year and are dispersed across the world). All members shape their lives around the Community’s Rule of Life and participate in Community meetings, retreats and other activities. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit demariuswalker.substack.com

Katy Hirst, a current seminarian at Ridely Hall Cambridge, reflects on her 2 years with the Community of St. Anselm. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit demariuswalker.substack.com

Assistant Superior, Sacristan, Archivist Entered OHC: 1986 Life Professed: 1990 From: Scranton, PA     Interests: reading, especially monastic studies & memoirs; hiking. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit demariuswalker.substack.com

Br. Bede a meber of the Order of the Holy Cross tells the story of his journey into and through the monastic imagination This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit demariuswalker.substack.com

Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove is a celebrated spiritual writer and sought-after speaker. A native of North Carolina, he is a graduate of Eastern University and Duke Divinity School. In 2003, Jonathan and his wife Leah founded the Rutba House, a house of hospitality where the formerly homeless share community with the formerly housed. Jonathan directs the School for Conversion, a popular education center that works to make “surprising friendships possible.” He is also an Associate Minister at the historically black St. Johns Missionary Baptist Church. Jonathan is a co-complier of the celebrated Common Prayer: A Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals, and the author of several books on Christian spirituality, including Reconstructing the Gospel, Strangers at My Door, The Awakening of Hope, The Wisdom of Stability, and The New Monasticism. He is also co-author, with Reverend Dr. William Barber II, of The Third Reconstruction: Moral Mondays, Fusion Politics, and the Rise of a New Justice Movement. An evangelical Christian who connects with the broad spiritual tradition and its monastic witnesses, Jonathan is a leader in the Red Letter Christian movement and the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival. He speaks often about emerging Christianity and faith in public life to churches and conferences across the denominational spectrum and has given lectures at dozens of universities and seminaries, including Calvin College, MIT, Bethel, Duke, Yale, Princeton, Jewish Theological, Perkins, Wake Forrest, St. John’s, DePaul, and Baylor. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit demariuswalker.substack.com

The Rev. Dr. Luther E. Smith, Jr.  is Professor Emeritus of Church and Community, Candler School of Theology of Emory University. Dr. Smith speaks and has written extensively on issues of church and society, congregational renewal, Christian spirituality, and the thoughts of Howard Thurman. He is a co-founder of the Interfaith Children’s Movement that educates, mobilizes, and networks faith communities in being advocates for children in Georgia. Dr. Smith is the Coordinator of the “Pan-Methodist Campaign for Children in Poverty,” and also serves on the board of “L’Arche USA” to assist its mission with persons with intellectual disabilities. He is an ordained minister of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit demariuswalker.substack.com

Greg Peters is a native Virginian who loves to travel (especially in Europe) and read. When not reading for work, Greg reads for fun. He enjoys the fiction of Paul Auster, Bernard Malamud, Chinua Achebe and the nineteenth century Russian novelists. In addition, Greg loves the poetry of John Donne and George Herbert. When it comes to non-fiction, he enjoys reading anything that has to do with theology, monasticism or the history of the Christian church. When not working or reading Greg enjoys spending time with his wife Christina and two sons: Brendan and Nathanael. Greg is an ordained pastor in the Anglican tradition, serving regularly in his local parish. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit demariuswalker.substack.com

In this 9 part series Matt and Demarius ( and occasilly some special guest) walk together through Barbara Holmes' Joy Unspeakable: Contemplative Practices of the Black Church. We explore how Homles might be speaking to our own religious experience; we test the Contemplative Spirit for its librative potential in light of our own activism; and All along the way we hope to invite deep listening for that Joy Unspeakable. *Warning: Explict Language* Music Credits: Janelle Monae & Wondaland - Hell You Talmbout https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SttWb9mDp3Q Shirley Caesar-Satan We're Gonna Tear Your Kingdom Down https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5MeA68YSK0 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit demariuswalker.substack.com

In this 9 part series Matt and Demarius ( and occasilly some special guest) walk together through Barbara Holmes' Joy Unspeakable: Contemplative Practices of the Black Church. We explore how Homles might be speaking to our own religious experience; we test the Contemplative Spirit for its librative potential in light of our own activism; and All along the way we hope to invite deep listening for that Joy Unspeakable. *Warning: Explict Language* Music Credits: Janelle Monae & Wondaland - Hell You Talmbout https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SttWb9mDp3Q Shirley Caesar-Satan We're Gonna Tear Your Kingdom Down https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5MeA68YSK0 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit demariuswalker.substack.com

In this 9 part series Matt and Demarius ( and occasilly some special guest) walk together through Barbara Holmes' Joy Unspeakable: Contemplative Practices of the Black Church. We explore how Homles might be speaking to our own religious experience; we test the Contemplative Spirit for its librative potential in light of our own activism; and All along the way we hope to invite deep listening for that Joy Unspeakable. *Warning: Explict Language* Music Credits: Janelle Monae & Wondaland - Hell You Talmbout https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SttWb9mDp3Q Shirley Caesar-Satan We're Gonna Tear Your Kingdom Down https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5MeA68YSK0 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit demariuswalker.substack.com

in this 9 part series Matt and Demarius ( and occasilly some special guest) walk together through Barbara Holmes' Joy Unspeakable: Contemplative Practices of the Black Church. We explore how Homles might be speaking to our own religious experience; we test the Contemplative Spirit for its librative potential in light of our own activism; and All along the way we hope to invite deep listening for that Joy Unspeakable. Music Credits: Janelle Monae & Wondaland - Hell You Talmbout https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SttWb9mDp3Q Shirley Caesar-Satan We're Gonna Tear Your Kingdom Down https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5MeA68YSK0 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit demariuswalker.substack.com

Denise Bradley Programme Manager: Marginalisation with the Corrymeela Community To have a sense of that is vital, a basic and underlying awareness of life and its potentialities at every level of experience, this is to be an Apostle of Sensitiveness. These are the words of Howard Thurman, author, theologian, pastor to the civil rights movement, and ancestor whose wisdom is desperately needed in our time.  ​In 1950 Thurman wrote of the need for materials of refreshment, renewal, and challenge and for those who are intent upon establishing islands of fellowship in a sea of racial, religious, and national tensions. Decades later this project takes up Thurman’s call drawing from deep wells of wisdom found in the lives of present-day peace practitioners, social healers, mystics, and monastics. These folks are sensitive enough to ask the question “how do we live well together” and courageous enough to live out the answer. You are invited on this journey to listen for the sound of the genuine in the stories of these Apostles of Sensitiveness. Music Credit: The Great Pattern This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit demariuswalker.substack.com

Is this America now? This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit demariuswalker.substack.com

Dong Jin Kim is a Korean Academic with a particular emphasis on peacemaking and ecumenical initiatives across both South and North Korea. To have a sense of that is vital, a basic and underlying awareness of life and its potentialities at every level of experience, this is to be an Apostle of Sensitiveness. These are the words of Howard Thurman, author, theologian, pastor to the civil rights movement, and ancestor whose wisdom is desperately needed in our time.  ​In 1950 Thurman wrote of the need for materials of refreshment, renewal, and challenge and for those who are intent upon establishing islands of fellowship in a sea of racial, religious, and national tensions. Decades later this project takes up Thurman’s call drawing from deep wells of wisdom found in the lives of present-day peace practitioners, social healers, mystics, and monastics. These folks are sensitive enough to ask the question “how do we live well together” and courageous enough to live out the answer. You are invited on this journey to listen for the sound of the genuine in the stories of these Apostles of Sensitiveness. Music Credit: The Great Pattern This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit demariuswalker.substack.com

Glenn Jordan was a peace practioner and public theologian in Northern Ireland. He worked in the space between faith and public life dedicateing his life to bridging many divides. To have a sense of that is vital, a basic and underlying awareness of life and its potentialities at every level of experience, this is to be an Apostle of Sensitiveness. These are the words of Howard Thurman, author, theologian, pastor to the civil rights movement, and ancestor whose wisdom is desperately needed in our time.  ​In 1950 Thurman wrote of the need for materials of refreshment, renewal, and challenge and for those who are intent upon establishing islands of fellowship in a sea of racial, religious, and national tensions. Decades later this project takes up Thurman’s call drawing from deep wells of wisdom found in the lives of present-day peace practitioners, social healers, mystics, and monastics. These folks are sensitive enough to ask the question “how do we live well together” and courageous enough to live out the answer. You are invited on this journey to listen for the sound of the genuine in the stories of these Apostles of Sensitiveness. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit demariuswalker.substack.com

Yvonne Naylor, Corrymeela Community Member, Northern Ireland Peace Activist, Puppeteer  To have a sense of that is vital, a basic and underlying awareness of life and its potentialities at every level of experience, this is to be an Apostle of Sensitiveness. These are the words of Howard Thurman, author, theologian, pastor to the civil rights movement, and ancestor whose wisdom is desperately needed in our time.  ​In 1950 Thurman wrote of the need for materials of refreshment, renewal, and challenge and for those who are intent upon establishing islands of fellowship in a sea of racial, religious, and national tensions. Decades later this project takes up Thurman’s call drawing from deep wells of wisdom found in the lives of present-day peace practitioners, social healers, mystics, and monastics. These folks are sensitive enough to ask the question “how do we live well together” and courageous enough to live out the answer. You are invited on this journey to listen for the sound of the genuine in the stories of these Apostles of Sensitiveness. Music Credit: The Great Pattern This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit demariuswalker.substack.com

What is happening in the world? This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit demariuswalker.substack.com

To have a sense of that is vital, a basic and underlying awareness of life and its potentialities at every level of experience, this is to be an Apostle of Sensitiveness. These are the words of Howard Thurman, author, theologian, pastor to the civil rights movement, and ancestor whose wisdom is desperately needed in our time.  ​In 1950 Thurman wrote of the need for materials of refreshment, renewal, and challenge and for those who are intent upon establishing islands of fellowship in a sea of racial, religious, and national tensions. ​Decades later this project takes up Thurman’s call drawing from deep wells of wisdom found in the lives of present-day peace practitioners, social healers, mystics, and monastics. These folks are sensitive enough to ask the question “how do we live well together” and courageous enough to live out the answer.  You are invited on this journey to listen for the sound of the genuine in the stories of these Apostles of Sensitiveness. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit demariuswalker.substack.com

To have a sense of that is vital, a basic and underlying awareness of life and its potentialities at every level of experience, this is to be an Apostle of Sensitiveness. These are the words of Howard Thurman, author, theologian, pastor to the civil rights movement, and ancestor whose wisdom is desperately needed in our time.  In 1950 Thurman wrote of the need for materials of refreshment, renewal, and challenge and for those who are intent upon establishing islands of fellowship in a sea of racial, religious, and national tensions. Decades later this project takes up Thurman’s call drawing from deep wells of wisdom found in the lives of present-day peace practitioners, social healers, mystics, and monastics. These folks are sensitive enough to ask the question “how do we live well together” and courageous enough to live out the answer.  You are invited on this journey to listen for the sound of the genuine in the stories of these Apostles of Sensitiveness. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit demariuswalker.substack.com

To have a sense of that is vital, a basic and underlying awareness of life and its potentialities at every level of experience, this is to be an Apostle of Sensitiveness. These are the words of Howard Thurman, author, theologian, pastor to the civil rights movement, and ancestor whose wisdom is desperately needed in our time.  In 1950 Thurman wrote of the need for materials of refreshment, renewal, and challenge and for those who are intent upon establishing islands of fellowship in a sea of racial, religious, and national tensions. Decades later this project takes up Thurman’s call drawing from deep wells of wisdom found in the lives of present-day peace practitioners, social healers, mystics, and monastics. These folks are sensitive enough to ask the question “how do we live well together” and courageous enough to live out the answer.  You are invited on this journey to listen for the sound of the genuine in the stories of these Apostles of Sensitiveness. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit demariuswalker.substack.com

We ask the question what does Thurman's work have to say to us in the present moment, it what ways is this moment semilar, in what ways is it different? How do we feel hearing this today? This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit demariuswalker.substack.com

What does monastism have to say to our broken world? This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit demariuswalker.substack.com

Kalynn and Evan take over This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit demariuswalker.substack.com

Defund the police? This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit demariuswalker.substack.com

Riots or rebellion? This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit demariuswalker.substack.com

Another brother is lynched and let's talk about dreams maybe? This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit demariuswalker.substack.com

We continue last week's conversations on female pain and male pleasure  Audio credit: Anna Diorio This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit demariuswalker.substack.com

Music credit: Anna Diorio https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ftu4umIVURo This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit demariuswalker.substack.com

Music credit: The Great Pattern This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit demariuswalker.substack.com

Music credit: The Great Pattern This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit demariuswalker.substack.com

Music credit: The Great Pattern This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit demariuswalker.substack.com

Music credit: The Great Pattern This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit demariuswalker.substack.com

Music credit: The Great Pattern This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit demariuswalker.substack.com

Coast to coast a few millennials reflect on life in the midst of pandemic This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit demariuswalker.substack.com

Old friends check-in regarding the pandemic This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit demariuswalker.substack.com

From the east to the west coast old friends check share how they are dealing with the pandemic This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit demariuswalker.substack.com

What do we mean when we talk about “civic engagement”, and can it be effective. Are certain things merely tools adopted by the left and right when they want to be in opposition, or are they inherently different. I’m thinking about the Resistance’s use of opposition tactics and how we use apps to email our reps, for example. Here is some reading and thinking along these lines.  https://www.wired.com/2017/01/apps-make-pestering-congress-easy-cant-keep/ https://www.indivisibleguide.com/ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit demariuswalker.substack.com

Two people make a good faith effort to seek truth and understand each other This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit demariuswalker.substack.com

This week I'd like for us to ask, "How can we grow? How have we grown?" Ideally we will reflect on this question in both the communal and personal sense. Quite often, particularly in our modern world of online discourse, we use our online space to highlight the faults and shortcomings of others. But we can also use this space as an example of MLK's church of sorts, a community in pursuit of self-growth and advancement. The "we" in "How do we grow?" should be self-determined. Regardless of who you are, wittingly or unwittingly, we are part of a community of type. Whether it is professional, political, geographic, spiritual, familial, interest-based, racial, etc; reflecting on communal growth can spur us to leadership and (possibly) action. Additionally, if you have been able to read MLK's "All Labor Has Dignity", I would like us to apply this conversation to highlighting an economically inclusive path forward for all. How must we evolve politically, economically, and morally to create a prosperous nation for all? http://www.truth-out.org/progressivepicks/item/28568-martin-luther-king-jr-all-labor-has-dignity https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2011/02/all-labor-has-dignity-martin-luther-king-jrs-fight-for-economic-justice/71423/ http://www.beaconbroadside.com/broadside/2014/08/following-the-way-of-martin-luther-king.html This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit demariuswalker.substack.com

Rose and Demarius continue their experiment in discourse This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit demariuswalker.substack.com

1:30: The question I will be posing this week regards the sacred and profane: In the battle to come what must be held sacred and what must we allow to be profaned? I am thinking in terms of how ideology becomes infused with religious fervor and how that factors into political strategy. 1) A great lecture to review that defines the problem on a university level: http://heterodoxacademy.org/2016/10/21/one-telos-truth-or-social-justice/ 2) An excerpt from a The Politics of Small Things: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6lO-SqJEUcDYlN5cENRNlpLMms/view?usp=sharing 3) Democratic Politics Have to Be “Identity Politics” http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2016/11/democratic_politics_have_to_be_identity_politics.html This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit demariuswalker.substack.com

So what about Russia This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit demariuswalker.substack.com

The question posed in our first discussion will be the infamous “What is to be done?”. And I ask that in terms of short-term and long-term political strategizing and planning: how can we, one day, seize power I’ve put together a syllabus of readings - all of which can be completed in about 30 minutes. There’s a longer essay that makes a thoughtful argument for a new member-based political party, a collection of brief reflections on progressive federalism in op-ed format, and a parable of sorts. I’ve also included a link to the Indivisible Guide - which has provided a blueprint of sorts for all of the rowdy town halls you’ve seen on CNN of late. A Blueprint for a New Party https://www.jacobinmag.com/2016/11/bernie-sanders-democratic-labor-party-ackerman/ ‘All Resistance is Local’: A Plan of Progressive Action for the Trump years: https://www.thenation.com/article/all-resistance-is-local-a-plan-of-progressive-action-for-the-trump-years/ Some Should Do One, Others the Other: http://slackwire.blogspot.com/2011/06/some-should-do-one-others-other.html The Indivisible Guide:  https://www.indivisibleguide.com/web#header-chapter-four This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit demariuswalker.substack.com

Let's see where the convo takes up! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit demariuswalker.substack.com

Let's see where the converation takes us. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit demariuswalker.substack.com

Rose and Demarius explore  identity politics This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit demariuswalker.substack.com

Rose and Demarius discuss their goals This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit demariuswalker.substack.com

The conversation continues This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit demariuswalker.substack.com

The gang starts its 12 month exploration of DFWs Infinite Jest . This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit demariuswalker.substack.com