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Black Church Tradition Illustrations

Liberation, exodus, and prophetic justice rooted in the African American church tradition.

Key question: “How does this text speak to the experiences of suffering, hope, and liberation within the Black community?”

23,975 sermon illustrations through the Black Church Tradition lens

Spiritual Discipline

The Prayer of Quiet

Teaching on Prayer from Teresa of Avila

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Teresa of Avila

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Short46 words

All Shall Be Well

English Mysticism prayer by Julian of Norwich

Universalhopeassurance

Julian of Norwich

Prayer of Trust

English Mysticism prayer by Julian of Norwich

Universalsufficiencycontentment

Julian of Norwich

Fable

The Bat, the Birds, and the Beasts

He that is neither one thing nor the other has no friends

Universalloyaltycommitment

Aesop

Short19 words

Spiritual Discipline

The Heart of Worship

Teaching on Worship from William Temple

Universalworshipoffering

Prayer of Surrender

Western Church prayer by Augustine of Hippo

Universalsurrenderfreedom

Augustine of Hippo

Prayer for Divine Knowledge

Western Church prayer by Augustine of Hippo

Universalknowledgetransformation

Augustine of Hippo

Morning Prayer

Lutheran prayer by Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Universalmorninghelp

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Spiritual Discipline

The Freedom of Submission

Teaching on Submission from Thomas à Kempis

Universalsubmissionfreedom

Thomas à Kempis

St. Patrick's Breastplate (Excerpt)

Celtic prayer by Attributed to St. Patrick

Universalprotectionpresence

Attributed to St. Patrick

Spiritual Discipline

The Three Lights

Teaching on Guidance from George Müller

Universalguidancescripture

Day by Day

Western Church prayer by Richard of Chichester

Universalthanksgivingknowledge

Richard of Chichester

Spiritual Discipline

Biblical Meditation

Teaching on Meditation from Thomas à Kempis

Universalmeditationscripture

Thomas à Kempis

Spiritual Discipline

The Necessity of Prayer

Teaching on Prayer from E.M. Bounds

Universalprayerdiscipline

Fable

The Horse, Hunter, and Stag

If you allow men to use you for your own purposes, they will use you for theirs

Universalfreedommanipulation

Aesop

Short22 words

Bookmark Prayer

Carmelite prayer by Teresa of Avila

Universalpeacepatience

Teresa of Avila

Sonnet 130: My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun

My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun; Coral is far more red, than her lips red: If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun; If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.

William Shakespeare

Remind Me Not, Remind Me Not

Remind me not, remind me not, Of those beloved, those vanish'd hours, When all my soul was given to thee; Hours that may never be...

George Gordon, Lord Byron

Sonnet 48: How careful was I when I took my way

How careful was I when I took my way, Each trifle under truest bars to thrust, That to my use it might unused stay From hands of falsehood, in sure wards of trust!

William Shakespeare

Remembrance

Swifter far than summer's flight-- Swifter far than youth's delight-- Swifter far than happy night, Art thou come and gone-- As the earth when leaves are dead, As the night when sleep is sped, As the heart when joy is...

Percy Bysshe Shelley

And Thou Art Dead, As Young and Fair

And thou art dead, as young and fair As aught of mortal birth; And form so soft, and charms so rare, Too soon returned to...

George Gordon, Lord Byron

403. The Soldier’s Return: A Ballad

WHEN wild war’s deadly blast was blawn, And gentle peace returning, Wi’ mony a sweet babe fatherless, And mony a widow mourning; I left the lines and tented field, Where lang I’d been a lodger, My humble knapsack a’ my...

Lines: 'When the Lamp Is Shattered'

When the lamp is shattered The light in the dust lies dead-- When the cloud is scattered The rainbow's glory is shed. When the lute is broken, Sweet tones are remembered not; When the lips have spoken, Loved accents are soon forgot.

Percy Bysshe Shelley

Epitaphium

[LATIN VERSION OF THE EPITAPH IN GRAY'S ELEGY.] Hic sinu fessum caput hospitali Cespitis dormit juvenis, nec illi Fata ridebant, popularis ille Nescius aurae. Musa non vultu genus arroganti Rustica natum grege despicata, Et suum tristis puerum notavit Sollicitudo.

Percy Bysshe Shelley