Malcolm Boyd
Malcolm Boyd
Malcolm Boydwas an American Episcopal priest and author. He was active in the civil rights movement as one of the Freedom Riders in 1961 and as a minister. Boyd reached people with his book of prayers, Are You Running with Me, Jesus?, which became a bestseller. In 2005 it was published in a 40th-anniversary edition. Boyd also was active in the anti-war movement...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth8 June 1923
CountryUnited States of America
demanding relationship
I find Jesus my confidant and companion, brother and savior; our relationship is intimate, vulnerable, demanding yet comfortable and reassuring.
found human instead maintain means open prescribed shared simply
Real answers need to be found in dialogue and interaction and, yes, our shared human condition. This means being open to one another instead of simply fighting to maintain a prescribed position.
deliberate god
By my definition, prayer is consciously hanging out with God. Being with God in a deliberate way.
including inner models role understood
Jesus is an example. We have other examples, including many of our ancestors as role models who understood the inner meaning of our orientation.
however matters might pray verbal
However one might pray - in any verbal way or completely without words - is unimportant to God. What matters is the heart's intent.
along best heard pulpit rather sermons
I feel that I communicate best when I am not deliberately being linear. Along this same line, I feel some of the best sermons I've ever heard were in the theatre rather than the pulpit - as, for example, in the Theatre of the Absurd.
early hike home mornings near parks several
Also, I walk and hike in several different nearby parks near our home several early mornings a week.
changing life physical
Seriously, however, I learn a lot about my physical life in the aging and changing of my body.