Hope Is Here!

Spiritual Practices for Pursuing Justice and Beloved Community

Luther E. Smith, Jr.
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a book study   

M LEVEL COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP FOR RACIAL JUSTICE 

Zoom:  Tuesdays 7 - 8:30 p.m. | Sept 17 - Oct 29, 2024

In-Person: Day of Action Oct 12  🙜 Culminating Celebration of Hope & Community 6-8:30 Nov 12  

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Dear Friends,
 
We are excited to invite you to join us this fall in a timely study ofHope Is Here!as we seek “beloved community” in this election year. Written by Professor Emeritus of Church and Community at Emory University’s Candler School of Theology, Dr. Smith is the author and editor of influential books on Howard Thurman, Christian community, and spiritual practices.
 
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Here is whatWestminster John Knox Press says aboutHope Is Here:
Joyful and daunting opportunities to live into God's dream of justice and beloved community are compelling and available. Hope, says Luther Smith Jr., is essential to the needed personal and social transformations that prepare us for such sacred opportunities…. and describes how we perceive and join "the work of hope" enlivening us to a life that is oriented toward experiences of fulfillment, justice, and beloved community. 
 
Interpreting five spiritual practices for individuals and congregations to experience the power of hope, this book prepares us to engage racism, mass incarceration, environmental crises, divisive politics, and indifference that imperil justice and beloved community. It delivers the inner resources necessary to work for change through its interpretation of hope.
Written for Christians who want to commit themselves to justice and beloved community, this book will provide helpful guidance for a life sustained by God’s gifts of hope and love. Hope is here for our “responsibility” and “response-ability” to live the fulfilling life that God dreams for us.
 
About the Partnership
 
The Mt. Level Community Partnership aspires to unite churches and individuals to bring about racial justice in our community and our world. One way we work to do this is through studies such as this one, educating and organizing around racial justice issues to generate dialogue that promotes truth telling, forgiveness, and healing.
The Partnership is a Christian organization whose beliefs are motivated and guided by the life and work of Jesus Christ. We belong to one another only through and in Jesus Christ, as we seek to expose and resist the dehumanizing effects of racialization.