Author

Lerita Coleman Brown

Speaker, spiritual director

Lerita Coleman Brown is a retreat leader, speaker, spiritual director/companion and professor emerita of psychology at Agnes Scott College. Brown is the author of “When the Heart Speaks, Listen: Discovering Inner Wisdom,” as well as numerous articles and essays. She has been featured in PBS documentaries about Howard Thurman and the Black church. She lives in Stone Mountain, Georgia.

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Louisville Institute now accepting 2024 program applications

The Louisville Institute is excited to announce that applications are open for the 2024 grant and fellowship funding season.

Since 1990, LI has funded more than 2,700 grants and fellowships totaling $57.7 million to those who lead and study North American religious institutions, practices and movement. Their grantees and fellows include pastoral leaders, researchers, early career and seasoned scholars and many others in the United States and Canada whose work resonates with LI’s mission to bridge church and academy.

There are seven funding opportunities available for 2024.

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