As a child, I knew little about pilgrimage. I sang as did the other congregants of First Baptist, Mt. Zion District, Liberty, MO, the...

God Is God is the water in which I swim she is the air which I breathe, she is the life around me. She is all and none of this. But,...

“He was killed in one sense because mankind is not quite human yet.” – Howard Thurman Penned by Dr. Howard Thurman in a tribute to Dr....

We need to restore honor to the way we live, so that when we walk through the world we don’t have to avert our eyes with shame, so that...

I really do believe that we can all become better than we are… I know we can. The opening quote is from James Baldwin…surprising isn’t it...

"All classes of people under social pressure are permeated with a common experience; they are emotionally welded as others cannot be....

“There is an inmost center in us all, where truth abides in fullness;....and, to know, rather consists in opening out a way where the...

If the soul is where God works compassion, then we have soul only to the extent that we have become instruments for the divine...

I try, therefore, to allow myself to be taken by the force of all living life; forgetfulness... There is an age when one teaches what one...

The title of this talk is 6 Flags over Martin. Can anyone guess which 6 flags have flown over me? The Rebel Flag The Christian Flag The...

The innocent child Sits in great darkness A broken world smothers him in pain He is alone Mother and father are gone Dead at his feet No...

Open a window to God and begin to delight yourself by gazing upon Him through the opening. The business of love is to make this window in...

The opening music is sung to the familiar tune of We Are Climbing Jacob’s Ladder. The lyrics upend the symbol of the spiritual quest to...

Reverend Dr. Dorsey O. Blake, Presiding Minister Reverend Dr. Kathryn L. Benton, Co-Minister Dr. Carl Blake, Director of Music Prelude...

If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough. The opening words come from Meister Eckhart, a 13th...

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The Prayer I pray you'll be our eyes and watch us where we go. And help us to be wise in times when we don't know Let this be our prayer...

Listen more often to things rather than beings. Hear the fire's voice, Hear the voice of water. In the wind hear the sobbing of the...

The American Indian is the only indigenous people within the confines of American sovereignty. The merciless and ruthless attack on the...

In looking for some comprehensive and “real” response to the current violence in Israel and Palestine, I came upon this clip from a...