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The Remnant at Advent | December 4, 2022 Rev. Dr. Dorsey Blake
O come, O come, Emmanuel, And ransom captive Israel, That mourns in lonely exile here Until the Son of God appear. Rejoice! Rejoice!...
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The Church for the Fellowship of All Peoples
- Nov 26
- 6 min
Gratitude | November 26, 2022 by Rev. Dr. Dorsey Blake
“If the only prayer you said was 'thank you,' that would be enough.” – Meister Eckhart Monday of this past week, there was a knock at my...
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- Nov 20
- 2 min
Transgender Day of Remembrance | November 20, 2022 Rev. Dr. Dorsey Blake
Dear “Fellowship,” Today at Fellowship Church we host our annual Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) Worship Service. We do this...
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- Nov 13
- 5 min
She Responded | November 13, 2022 by Rev. Dr. Kathryn Benton
The opening song was going through my head this past week as I started a new job in a nursing home. Meeting with patients was...
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- Nov 6
- 7 min
Thoughts during Native American Heritage Month | November 6, 2022 Rev. Dr. Dorsey Blake
Only the Indian people are the original people of America. Our roots are buried deep in the soils of America. We are the only people who...
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- Oct 29
- 5 min
Viriditas | October 30, 2022 by Rev. Dr. Kathryn Benton
Big Basin Reopens https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyueI0leXDc The opening video clip shows the re-emergence of the forest at my favorite...
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- Oct 23
- 5 min
Lighting the Way | October 23, 2022 by Rev. Dr. Kathryn Benton
I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars, And the pismire is equally perfect, and a grain of sand, and the...
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- Oct 9
- 5 min
It’s Already There | October 9, 2022 by Rev. Dr. Dorsey Blake
Change does not come from eloquence or persuasion. When injustice is the rule, justice always lies in wait. When oppression flourishes,...
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- Oct 1
- 9 min
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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- Sep 25
- 5 min
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
- 7 min
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
- 8 min
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
- 6 min
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
- 5 min
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
- 6 min
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
- 7 min
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
- 5 min
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
- 9 min
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
- 5 min
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
- 6 min
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
- 6 min
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
- 5 min
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
- 5 min
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
- 7 min
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
- 7 min
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
- 5 min
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 22
- 5 min
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 15
- 7 min
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 8
- 6 min
Mother's Day | May 8, 2022 by Rev. Dr. Dorsey Blake
Strength of Land and Water We belong to the ground It is our power And we must stay close to it Or maybe we will get lost. - ...
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- May 1
- 7 min
More Than Justice Required | May 1, 2022 International Worker's Day by Rev. Dr. Dorsey Blake
What a wonderful day today is! I rejoice in its sunny and gentle invitation to come alive again and experience the splendor and...
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- Apr 24
- 5 min
We Shall Awaken From Our Dullness | April 24, 2022 by Dr. Kathryn Benton
We shall awaken from our dullness and rise vigorously toward justice. If we fall in love with creation deeper and deeper, we will respond...
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- Apr 17
- 6 min
Easter Sunday | April 17, 2022
When Barykh came to those Words in the psalm which read: ‘I will not give sleep to mine eyes, nor slumber to mine eyelids until I find a...
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- Apr 10
- 6 min
Power to the People | Palm Sunday, April 10, 2022 by Dr. Dorsey Blake
“And, they that went before, and they that followed, cried, saying Hosanna; Blessed is He that cometh in the name of the Lord.” Mark 11:9...
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- Apr 3
- 5 min
The Realm of the Mysterious: The Roots of Action | April 3, 2022 Dr. Kathryn Benton
What is it that calls someone to serve, to make that commitment beyond oneself that can transform the lives of those around one and bring...
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- Mar 27
- 5 min
A New Day | March 27, 2022 Dr. Kathryn Benton
See the Flowers By Rainer Maria Rilke See the flowers, so faithful to Earth. We know their fate because we share it. Were they to grieve...
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- Mar 20
- 6 min
Cosmic Intimacy | March 20, 2022 Dr. Dorsey Blake
There is a sense of reverence that visits and lingers with me when I read about Howard Thurman and his cosmic connections as a child. I...
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- Mar 13
- 6 min
Carriers of Life | March 13, 2022 by Dr. Dorsey Blake
Joanne Polk reminds us of the lunacy of patriarchy. The denial of a public platform to Amy Beach for the expression of her brilliance as...
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- Mar 6
- 7 min
She Who Dwells Within| March 6, 2022 by Dr. Kathryn Benton
I, Who am the beauty of the green earth and the white moon among the stars and the mysteries of the waters, I call upon your soul to...
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- Feb 27
- 7 min
Nurturing a World Without War | February 27, 2022 by Dr. Dorsey Blake
Let the bells be silenced Let the gifts be stillborn Let the cheer be muted Let the music be soundless Violence stalks the land: Soaring...
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- Feb 20
- 6 min
Boundary Crossing | February 20, 2022 by Dr. Dorsey Blake
It is my belief that in the Presence of God there is neither male nor female, white nor black, Gentile or Jew, Protestant nor Catholic,...
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- Feb 13
- 6 min
Love | February 13, 2022 by Dr. Dorsey Blake
We are marching in the light of God, We are marching in the light of God. (Repeat) We are marching, marching, We are marching, marching,...
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- Feb 6
- 6 min
Something Within | February 6, 2022 by Dr. Kathryn Benton
The burden of being black and the burden of being white is so heavy that it is rare in our society to experience oneself as a human...
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- Jan 30
- 5 min
Who Shall I Fear | January 30, 2022 by Dr. Kathryn Benton
The opening music is from the Taizé community, a spiritual community that originated in France in 1940. This music reminds us that even...
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- Jan 23
- 5 min
Quest for Democracy | January 23, 2022 by Dr. Dorsey Blake
Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear...
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- Jan 9
- 4 min
Taking the Chariot Home | January 9, 2022 by Dr. Kathryn Benton
I began with the song, Swing Low, Sweet Chariot…a song that I grew up with…a song that spoke to me in elementary school and speaks to me,...
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- Jan 2
- 7 min
Staying on Freedom | January 2, 2022 by Dr. Dorsey Blake
Oh, I woke up this Morning with my mind stayed on freedom. I was walking and talking with my mind stayed on freedom. I was singing and...
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- Dec 25, 2021
- 9 min
God for us | December 26, 2021 by Dr. Dorsey Blake
Sweet Little Jesus Boy, they made you be born in a manger. Indeed, and that was the place he should have been born like so many others of...
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- Dec 19, 2021
- 6 min
Beams of Heaven | December 19, 2021 by Dr. Kathryn Benton
Good people, Most royal greening verdancy, Rooted in the sun, You shine with radiant light. In this circle of earthly existence You shine...
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- Dec 12, 2021
- 4 min
The Birthing of a New World | December 12, 2021 by Dr. Kathryn Benton
Our opening music today speaks, I think, to the urgent need of divine intervention in our troubled world. We are in desperate need of an...
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- Dec 5, 2021
- 10 min
The Mood of Christmas Service | December 5, 2021
Reverend Dr. Dorsey O. Blake, Presiding Minister Reverend Dr. Kathryn L. Benton, Co-Minister Dr. Carl Blake, Director of Music Reverend...
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