The Forty-Day Journey of Promise
Learning Life Lessons from the Legacy of African American Christianity
Do you desire to learn how to move beyond suffering to the place of God’s healing hope?
Do you long for church community that’s truly a taste of eternity (Rev. 7:9-10) where we’ll worship together forever in unity and diversity?
Do you want to grow in your ability to relate across cultures?
Then join the journey!
Join the Journey
Join me on a forty-day intercultural journey of promise.
I’ll be blogging during the forty (+) days from Martin Luther King Day on January 18, 2010, to the end of Black History Month on February 28, 2009.
I know, technically, that’s forty-two days.
On January 18, I’ll kick-off our journey by linking the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., to some of his historic African American predecessors in the faith. In fact, from January 16-18, I’ll offer three posts related to MLK Day and Black Church history.
Then on February 28, we’ll share a day of reflection on the previous forty-day journey.
Our Journey Together: The Big Idea
We’ll focus on learning life lessons from the legacy of African American Christianity.
Each day we’ll enjoy a stirring narrative from the heroes and heroines of Black Church history.
Then we’ll ponder applications of this remarkable legacy to all of our lives today—regardless of our ethnicity, nationality, race, or cultural background.
Every post will include discussion questions so that in your family and your church you can ponder the implications for your lives and ministries.
Bonus for Joining the Journey
As an added bonus, I’ll select five people who commented the most during these 40 (42/44) days to receive:
1. A complimentary, autographed copy of Beyond the Suffering: Embracing the Legacy of African American Soul Care and Spiritual Direction.
2. A complimentary e-copy of the entire Forty-Day Journey of Promise.
Your Head Start on Our Journey of Promise
The Journey is your appetizer. If you’d like the full course meal, go here to learn about, read a sample chapter from, and purchase your autographed copy of Beyond the Suffering: Embracing the Legacy of African American Soul Care and Spiritual Direction.
Join the Conversation (Post Comments for a Chance to Receive a Copy of Beyond the Suffering)
1. In your life, where do you long for help in moving beyond suffering and hurt to God’s healing help and hope?
2. What does the Church today need to do to reflect the multi-ethnic diversity commanded (Col. 3:10) and illustrated (Rev. 7:9-10) in Scripture?
3. What are some of the reasons that Sunday morning remains the most segregated hour in America?
Note: This series is based upon material from the book Beyond the Suffering. If you’d like to learn more about Beyond the Suffering, click here.
God's Healing Hope!
I’m eager to follow your series. I’m not African-American, but it sounds inspirational! I’m just over midway through a 40-day Love Dare journey (www.skirt.com/getaclewis/blog/love-dare), so I was delighted to stumble across another writer chronicling a trek of faith. I know it will be enlightening. Best wishes to you as you go…
Cheryl, Glad you can move from one adventure to the next! You’ve got a head start on claiming one of the five “prizes” as the first person to post and join the journey conversation! Bob
Sounds very interesting! I have a book called On Being Black and Reformed, but I haven’t read it yet. Maybe it would complement your series. In answer to question 3, I think maybe part of the reason Sunday worship times are still so segregated is because our worship styles are so different.
sounds good Bob, I’m going to check it out…hopefully for the entire time.
I’m excited to follow this journey. Its so important that we learn and grow so that we are able to communicate Gods love to all nationalities not just our own and what better way than to educate our selves so that we can understand others.