Closer Than the Jugular Vein | September 25, 2022 by Rev. Dr. Kathryn Benton
The opening video from the Sufi tradition of Islam, reminds us of our nearness to the divine…the divine is “closer than our jugular vein”...
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- Sep 18
Metamorphosis III | September 18, 2022 by Rev. Dr. Dorsey Blake
Blessing in the Chaos To all that is chaotic in you, let there come silence. Let there be a calming of the clamoring, a stilling of the...
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- Sep 11
Metamorphosis (continued) | September 11, 2022 by Rev. Dr. Dorsey Blake
Become totally empty Quiet the restlessness of the mind Only then will you witness everything unfolding from emptiness … Be still...
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- Sep 4
Sunday September 25, 2022 10:30am - Thurman's Audio Sermons of Jesus and the Disinherited
Dear Engaged Spirituality Family, Please join us for Engaged Spirituality on Sunday September 25 at 10:30 AM as we finish our discussion...
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- Sep 4
Well Done | September 4, 2022 by Rev. Dr. Kathryn Benton
In a far-off world, God sent two Spirits to work. The work God sent them to do was to tunnel through a mountain. And they stood side by...
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- Aug 28
Give Me Your Hand | August 28, 2022 by Rev. Dr. Kathryn Benton
The opening words are from poet Rainer Maria Rilke. It is said that Rilke had a very painful childhood…full of what we would today call...
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- Aug 21
Metamorphosis | August 21, 2022 by Rev. Dr. Dorsey Blake
. . . strong wind does not last all morning Sudden rain does not last all day What makes this so? – a portion of chapter 23, Tao Te Ching...
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- Aug 14
My Boat Is Enough for the River | August 14, 2022 by Rev Dr. Dorsey Blake
In my last message I reflected on some of my experiences at the Children's Defense Fund’s Annual Samuel DeWitt Proctor Institute held at...
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- Aug 7
Breakthrough to God | August 7, 2022 by Rev. Dr. Kathryn Benton
Faith teaches us that God is love. This is a very difficult affirmation for the human spirit at times, because of the overwhelming amount...
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- Jul 31
Sunday August 28, 2022 10:30am - Thurman's Audio Sermons of Jesus and the Disinherited
Dear Engaged Spirituality Family, Please join us for Engaged Spirituality on Sunday August 28 at 10:30 AM as we begin our discussion on...
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- Jul 31
My Snaggletooth Angel: Evanescent and Everlasting | July 31, 2022 by Rev. Dr. Dorsey Blake
I boarded an American Airlines red eye flight on Sunday evening, July 17, 10:00 PM to travel to Clinton, TN, to participate in the...
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- Jul 24
The Whole Universe Is Here | July 24, 2022 by Rev. Dr. Kathryn Benton
Lotus Heart Centre: Sound Walk With the Guardian Willows In the center of the castle of Brahman, our own body, there is a small shrine in...
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- Jul 17
Love is Our Mother | July 17, 2022 by Rev. Dr. Kathryn Benton
The opening music is a song my mother sang with her best friend in harmony, at times when we were together. We were very close to this...
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- Jul 10
Sunday July 24, 2022 10:30 - Thurman's Audio Sermons of Jesus and the Disinherited
Dear Engaged Spirituality Family, (Important Note: The recordings on Boston University Howard Thurman Listening Room Website are not...
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- Jul 10
Gifts from Star Island | July 10, 2022 by Rev. Dr. Dorsey Blake
Religion, like poetry, is not a mere idea, it is expression. The self-expression of God is in the endless variety of creation and our...
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- Jun 26
Pride Sunday | June 26, 2022 by Rev. Dr. Kathryn Benton
The higher you build your barriers, the taller I become, The further you take my rights away, the faster I will run, You can deny me, you...
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- Jun 19
Juneteenth | June 19, 2022 by Rev. Dr. Kathryn Benton
Our opening music from James Weldon Johnson was written in 1900. About the circumstances of the song, Johnson wrote: A group of young men...
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- Jun 12
Re-employing the Sacred | June 12, 2022 by Rev. Dr. Dorsey Blake
To see a World in a Grain of Sand And a Heaven in a Wildflower Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in an hour. – ...
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- Jun 5
Love Them into Life | June 5, 2022 by Rev. Dr. Dorsey Blake
Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and...
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- May 29
Sunday June 26, 2022 10:30am - Thurman's Audio Sermons of Jesus and the Disinherited
Dear Engaged Spirituality Family, Both Jesus of Nazareth and Howard Thurman understood fear. As oppressed people during Roman occupation...