But there is another and vaster possibility which has made itself manifest here and there during this fateful time: a deep spiritual awareness that one’s life is in vital touch with the Source of Being that holds and makes secure against all that destroys and lays waste.   The opening words are from Dr. Howard Thurman in his book, The Luminous Darkness. He is discussing what was happening during the Civil Rights Movement when people joined with others for protests and demonst

Dear Engaged Spirituality Family,   Sunday October 26, 2025 (10:30 AM-PT, 11:30 AM-MT, 12:30 PM-CT, 1:30 PM-ET) we will continue our discussion of the book Howard Thurman: Democracy & the Soul of America,  edited by Walter Fluker & Peter Eisenstadt, Pages 83-122. Thank you so much to Jonalu, Laurie, Gilmore and Melvin for suggesting this book! Pages 83-92 A Faith to Live By: Democracy and the Individual I Audio of this Sermon - https://thurman.pitts.emory.edu/items/show/595 P

Imagine opening a series of Russian babushka or “grandmother” dolls, in which each successive doll emerges much larger than all of the...

The opening music comes from the African American experience…   Well mother don't you stop prayin' Father keep right on prayin' Don't you...

First published on January 5, 2025 From Rev. Dr. Benton: I was moved to share this sermon from Dr. Dorsey Blake today, because I was...

The Door of No Return  Renamed: The Door of Return in Ghana    This has been a week…a month…a year. A year of pain and horror…of...

Between 165 and 300 years ago, there was a Genesis. About 100 years ago, there was an Exodus. About 65 years ago there was a Gospel....

This is the great disclosure: that there is at the heart of life a Heart. When such an insight is possessed by the human spirit and...

Hey! Lean to hear my feeble voice. At the center of the sacred hoop You have said that I should make the tree to bloom. With tears...

Dear Engaged Spirituality Family, Please join us for Engaged Spirituality on Sunday September 28, 2025 at 10:30 AM-PT, 11:30 AM-MT, 12:30...

This week's message is from the archives of sermons and reflections by the late Rev. Dr. Dorsey Blake, originally published July 16,...

The opening video was filmed at an event I attended in Los Angeles last year. An audience member confronted Gabor Maté about his...

I affirm my need for a growing understanding of all people as children of God, and I seek after a vital experience of God as revealed in...

Dear Engaged Spirituality Family, Please join us for Engaged Spirituality on Sunday August 24, 2025 at 10:30 AM-PT, 11:30 AM-MT, 12:30...

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On July 4 th , 2025, on our national holiday celebration of Independence, a tragic flood occurred in Camp Mystic, Texas as a result of...

Lord, I will lift my eyes to the hills Knowing my help is coming from You Your peace You give me in time of the storm You are the source...

Dear beloved Fellowship community, today I would like to explore with you about the root causes of the climate crisis that we are living...

Dear Engaged Spirituality Family,   Please join us for Engaged Spirituality on Sunday July 27, 2025 at 10:30 AM-PT, 11:30 AM-MT, 12:30...

In life, the issue is not control, but dynamic connectedness.   The opening words are from Erich Jantsch, Austrian system-theorist,...