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In Place Pilgrimage | March 10, 2024 Rev. Dr. Dorsey Blake
As a child, I knew little about pilgrimage. I sang as did the other congregants of First Baptist, Mt. Zion District, Liberty, MO, the...
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Mar 10, 2024


Sojourners for Justice | March 3, 2024 Rev. Dr. Kathryn Benton
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,...
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Mar 2, 2024


Joy in the Mourning | February 25, 2024 Rev. Dr. Dorsey Blake
“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....
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Feb 25, 2024


Hope and Restoration II | February 18, 2024 Rev. Dr. Kathryn Benton
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...
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Feb 18, 2024


Hope and Restoration | February 11, 2024 Rev. Dr. Kathryn Benton
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...
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Feb 11, 2024


Patches of Black History | February 4, 2024 Rev. Dr. Dorsey Blake
"All classes of people under social pressure are permeated with a common experience; they are emotionally welded as others cannot be....
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Feb 3, 2024


Wisdom from the Mystic Spider | January 28, 2024 Rev. Dr. Dorsey Blake
“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...
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Jan 27, 2024


Compassion and the Soul | January 21, 2024 Rev. Dr. Kathryn Benton
If the soul is where God works compassion, then we have soul only to the extent that we have become instruments for the divine...
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Jan 20, 2024


Forget It! 2024 New Year’s Message | January 7, 2024 Rev. Dr. Dorsey Blake
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...
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Jan 7, 2024


6 Flags over Martin | December 31, 2023 Rev. Dr. Martin Todd Allen
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...
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Dec 31, 2023


Terror Transform | December 24, 2023 Rev. Dr. Dorsey Blake
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...
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Dec 26, 2023


Open A Window to God | December 17, 2023 Rev. Dr. Dorsey Blake
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...
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Dec 16, 2023


Will the Circle Be Unbroken | December 10, 2023 Rev Dr. Kathryn Benton
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...
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Dec 14, 2023


The Mood of Christmas | December 3, 2023
Reverend Dr. Dorsey O. Blake, Presiding Minister Reverend Dr. Kathryn L. Benton, Co-Minister Dr. Carl Blake, Director of Music Prelude...
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Dec 3, 2023


The Advent of Hope, Grounded in Gratitude | November 26, 2023 Rev. Dr. Kathryn Benton
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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Nov 25, 2023


Transgender Day of Remembrance Service | November 19, 2023 Guest Speaker: Rev. CJ Sokugan Dunford
We do not ask guest speakers to submit a written message in advance. Therefore, you will not receive a written message as you normally...
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Nov 19, 2023


Armistice Day Remembered & Revitalized | November 12, 2023 Rev. Dr. Dorsey Blake
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...
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Nov 12, 2023


The Breath of the World | November 5, 2023 Rev. Dr. Kathryn Benton
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...
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Nov 5, 2023


Neutrality: Not An Option | October 29, 2023 Rev. Dr. Dorsey Blake
The American Indian is the only indigenous people within the confines of American sovereignty. The merciless and ruthless attack on the...
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Oct 29, 2023


Compassion as a Response | October 22, 2023 Rev. Dr. Kathryn Benton
In looking for some comprehensive and “real” response to the current violence in Israel and Palestine, I came upon this clip from a...
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Oct 22, 2023
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