This month, the Academy Podcast features Luther Smith's teaching from Academy 29 in Burlingame, CA. His lecture on "Faithfulness within Conflict" reminds us that conflict should be embraced as a pathway to healing. Ultimately, Dr. Smith invites us to deal with conflict because “Our obedience requires it." The question he asks us is, "will we engage conflict confidently and creatively, or will we find ourselves unprepared?” Listen on, dear one, and as you listen, breathe deeply and expand gently for our world is in deep conflict and, as Luther suggests, it has always been.

Luther Smith is an ordained elder in the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, longtime Academy faculty person, and a member of The Academy Advisory Board. Luther spent 35 years of his career as an activist, scholar, and professor at Candler School of Theology, and he is known to be an authority on the life and theology of Howard Thurman. Luther is Professor Emeritus of Church and Community at Candler. His current research focuses on the writings and  correspondence of Howard Thurman, advocacy on behalf of children, and a spirituality of hope. He is married to Helen Pearson Smith and lives in Stone Mountain, GA. They have four children and five grandchildren.

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Faithfulness Within Conflict with Luther Smith

Photo is of me from 8th grade.

Raw recording.

"I SAW DOOM"

WHEN I WAS IN EIGHTH FUCKING GRADE
I LOOKED OUTSIDE MY WINDOW DOWN THE STREET
AND REALIZED I WAS FUCKED
MY PARENTS WANTED ME TO PREPARE FOR MY ADULTHOOD
I WAS EXPECTED TO GO TO COLLEGE, GET A JOB AND HAVE KIDS
I JUST WANTED TO GO LIVE IN THE FUCKING WOODS
AND I WANTED EVERYBODY TO FUCKING DIE
I HATED THE SOCIAL TENDENCIES OF THE PEOPLE I WAS AROUND
I HATED PEOPLE'S FUCKING OPINIONS
I HATED MAINSTREAM FUCKING MUSIC
WHAT WAS THERE FOR ME IN HIGH SCHOOL?
WHAT WAS THERE FOR ME AFTERWARDS?
WHAT DID I WANT TO BE WHEN I GREW UP?
NOTHING. I JUST WANTED TO WANDER AROUND BY MYSELF.
TO BE ALONE AND TO THINK.
THAT'S ALL THAT FUCKING MATTERS.
FUCK YOUR LIFE AND FUCK YOUR WORLD.
I'D RATHER GO TO FUCKING PLUTO.

I'D RATHER GO TO FUCKING PLUTO.WAV

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