Hard Questions, Heart Aswers: Sermons and Speeches

King, Bernice A.

ISBN 10: 0553067109 / ISBN 13: 9780553067101

Published by Broadway Books, New York, NY, 1996

About this Item

Hard cover, first edition, 292g, 175pgs, coloured endpapers, signed by author. A collection of the best of Martin Luther King Jr's daughter's inspiring speeches and sermons. Book is in good condition with mild general wear and tear, dust jacket is in good condition with mild shelf wear, otherwise no other pre-loved markings. Photo featured is of actual book. Purchase more than 1 item and save money with combined postage. And if you can't find the title your looking for - why not ask us direct. With over 30,000 books in stock we can't list them all!!.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Hard Questions, Heart Aswers: Sermons and Speeches
• Publisher: Broadway Books, New York, NY
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0553067109
• ISBN 13: 9780553067101
• Binding: Hardcover with Dust Jacket
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

Bernice King, the youngest daughter of Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, gave her first speech at seventeen, and everyone present immediately recognized that she had inherited her father's remarkable gift for oratory.  In the sixteen years since that first public appearance, Bernice King--an ordained minister as well as an attorney--has become one of the country's most admired speakers and has touched the hearts of thousands.  Now, in Hard Questions, Heart Answers, she has collected the best of her inspiring sermons and speeches; in words ringing with wisdom and compassion, she addresses the pressing problems facing America in the 1990s.

Like her father before her, Reverend King believes that a good sermon or speech can fundamentally alter the way listeners understand their world and their place in it.  With this goal in mind, the first part of Hard Questions, Heart Answers intends to "disturb the comfortable"--to stir people from their complacency and remind them that each human life is a precious gift.  Tackling such controversial subjects as our disaffected youth, gun control, and the death penalty, Reverend King argues forcefully that, however "comfortable" America may seem, it has yet to confront its spiritual decay, its deep-rooted racism, and its thirst for violence.

Reverend King believes that ignoring our country's problems not only makes them worse but also produces a troubled population in desperate need of solace and spiritual nourishment.  In the second part of the collection, "Comforting the Disturbed," she speaks eloquently to this hunger, calling on the church to
rediscover its helping and healing mission, and urges African American men to become positive role models for future generations.  Most especially, she
encourages each of us to put aside our differences and find constructive "heart" answers to the toughest of today's "hard" questions.

Using experiences and lessons from her own life, Reverend King vigorously challenges us to look beyond our own concerns and help others strive for a better life.  Evoking the dream of social justice and racial equality that her father envisioned so many years ago, Hard Questions, Heart Answers offers the insight, empowerment, and hope that can make that dream a reality.

About the Author

The Reverend Bernice A. King received her law degree and masters in divinity from Emory University.  She is the assistant pastor at Greater Rising Star Baptist Church in Atlanta, where she oversees the church's youth and women's ministries.  Reverend King is a frequent speaker on the national lecture circuit.  She lives in Atlanta.