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

As water raining on a mountain-ridge runs down the rocks on all sides, so the [person] who only sees variety of things runs after them on...

On November 11, 2021, Forbes reports, 375 transgender people were killed this year (2021), a figure that has risen since last year's...

The song that I came to sing remains unsung to this day. I have spent my days in stringing and in unstringing my instrument. The time has...

Whereas, bells worldwide were rung on November 11, 1918 to celebrate and recognize the ending of WWI, "The war to end all wars" and, ...

The full moon that should have a blue tint rises among the branches of the oaks with a tinge of orange due to the smoke of the forests on...

I cannot listen to our opening music without thinking of Fellowship Church and especially of our musician, Johnny Land. The first time I...

I invite you to join Fellowship Church in celebrating its Annual Howard Thurman Convocation and 77th Anniversary, next Sunday, October...

In my last message, I stated that Jane Addams was the first woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. That was incorrect. She was the first...

The forest ecosystem is held in a delicate balance. Every being has its niche and its function, which contribute to the well-being of...

Nothing could be worse than the fear that one had given up too soon and left one unexpended effort that might have saved the world. –...

Every living thing, including man… every living thing belongs to every other living thing. I can never be what I ought to be until the...

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...

Of Our Coming Why dost thou wonder at the height of the stars or the depth of the sea? Enter into thine own soul, and wonder there. –...

The opening music is one of my favorite songs. I have shared it today in honor of the Muslim holiday, Ashura that was commemorated this...

Men and women who are on Earth You are our creators. We, the unconceived, beseech you: Let us have living bread The builder of our new...

A few nights ago, I had a dream not long before the wake of day. Or was it the awakening for the day and days to come? I saw children...

Though mountains be removed, and hills be shaken, never shall my love leave you, my compact for your welfare shall stand firm: so...

The opening music comes from Sweet Honey in the Rock, one of my favorite groups of musicians. The song reminds us of the interconnection...

The true meaning of the ethical is “to help God by loving his creation in his creatures….” – Martin Buber I admit it! I was disgusted...

What a beautiful and moving prayer this is, imploring the Creator and Sustainer of our individual and collective existence for guidance,...

Fellow citizens, above your national, tumultuous joy, I hear the mournful wail of millions! The opening words are from Frederick Douglass...

Blessed is s/he who endures under trial; for when s/he has stood the test, s/he will get the crown of life which is promised to all who...

It is because you are sons/daughters that God has sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts crying, ‘Abba! Father!’ Galatians 4:6...

I began our consideration of Rainbow Days…of LGBTQ+ Pride Month with the song from the Fisk Jubilee Singers, I Got a Home In-a Dat Rock....

This simple, precious, and profound song was part of my assurance of connection with celestial reality in my early days of living. Having...

Tomorrow is Memorial Day: a day set aside to remember and honor those who died fighting in American Wars. It has been expanded to...

Ask the beasts and they will teach you the beauty of this earth. St. Francis of Assisi I chose the opening music after witnessing a...

Dear Fellowship Family, How good it is to greet you this day! I am so thankful for you and your companionship during these anxious and...

Invocation of the 4 directions (from We’Moon): We cast a circle around Mother Earth and join in her embrace By the air that is her...

For the raindrop, joy is in entering the river— Unbearable pain becomes its own cure. Travel far enough into sorrow, tears turn to...

O Virtus Sapientiae O Moving Force of Wisdom O moving force of Wisdom, encircling the wheel of the cosmos, encompassing all that is, all...

“A great many people in this country are worried about law-and-order. And a great many people are worried about justice. But one thing...

Man cannot long separate himself from nature without withering as a cut rose in a vase. One of the deceptive aspects of mind in man is to...

(Editor's note - This week's written reflection may also be watched as a recorded version delivered from the sanctuary of Fellowship...

Searching, indeed, must have been the thoughts moving through the mind of the Master as he jogged along on the back of the donkey on that...

“My heart is moved by all I cannot save: so much has been destroyed. I have to cast my lot with those who age after age, perversely, with...

To fledgling birds, flight in the sky may appear incredible. They may with apparent reason measure the highest limit of their...

She has many names, yet she is always the one who is, who has been, and who will be. She is Life Manifesting, and therefore, she is...

Life is constantly showing interconnections, sometimes in unforeseen ways. During a zoom conversation with a doctoral student at Pacific...

It took me perhaps two hours to scour the Internet looking for a suitable version of this song for today…I still couldn’t find one that...

As we honor Black History, I believe that it is important to recall, if only briefly, the courage of those who confronted the evils of...

Words do not find residence within when I attempt to describe the effect of the Adhan, the Islamic Call to Prayer. Arresting in its...

God’s gonna trouble the water…the water of our existence. And when God troubles the water, we are in for some healing…we are in for an...

I remember the commercial. How do you spell relief? The answer was: R o l a i d s. My answer at the beginning of the past week was: T...

If GOD were Good, and altogether good, And also Wise, and altogether wise, And had Almighty Power, as real Gods should, Is this the sort...

It’s been a rough year so far and we are only a little more than a week into it! I found my mind was echoing with this African American...

Something Missing in the Old Year, Resurrected in the New I am feeling better now. My soul now magnifies all that is holy. I received on...

The Season of Promise Let the bells be silenced Let the gifts be stillborn Let cheer be muted Let music be soundless Violence stalks the...

With the exception of the Biblical scriptures, the writings are from Dr. Howard Thurman’s book, The Mood of Christmas. Christmas is...