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Embracing the All | October 2, 2022 by Rev. Dr. Kathryn Benton
Our opening video was a Yom Kippur service that brought tears to my eyes. I thought to myself, what if all worship were so...
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Oct 1, 2022


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 25, 2022


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 18, 2022


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 11, 2022


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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Sep 4, 2022


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 28, 2022


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 21, 2022


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 14, 2022


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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Aug 7, 2022


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 31, 2022


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 24, 2022


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 17, 2022


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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Jul 10, 2022


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 26, 2022


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 19, 2022


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 12, 2022


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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Jun 5, 2022


Change The World | May 29, 2022 by Rev. Dr. Kathryn Benton
This song came out in 1975, the year before I graduated from high school. At the time, I clung to its message. I had a lot of hope that...
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May 29, 2022


Healing Waters | May 22, 2022 by Rev. Dr. Kathryn Benton
Guard your water. Love your water, because it’s in your body… I know the water can hear me. The water in my body can talk to the water...
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May 22, 2022


The Ministry of the Tragic | May 15, 2022 by Rev. Dr. Dorsey Blake
It is for us to see the Kingdom of God as always coming, always pressing in on the present, always big with possibility, and always...
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May 15, 2022
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