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My Boat Is Enough for the River | August 14, 2022 by Rev Dr. Dorsey Blake

The Church for the Fellowship of All Peoples

2 days ago
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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Breakthrough to God | August 7, 2022 by Rev. Dr. Kathryn Benton

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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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My Snaggletooth Angel: Evanescent and Everlasting | July 31, 2022 by Rev. Dr. Dorsey Blake

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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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The Whole Universe Is Here | July 24, 2022 by Rev. Dr. Kathryn Benton

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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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Love is Our Mother | July 17, 2022 by Rev. Dr. Kathryn Benton

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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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Gifts from Star Island | July 10, 2022 by Rev. Dr. Dorsey Blake

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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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Pride Sunday | June 26, 2022 by Rev. Dr. Kathryn Benton

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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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Juneteenth | June 19, 2022 by Rev. Dr. Kathryn Benton

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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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Re-employing the Sacred | June 12, 2022 by Rev. Dr. Dorsey Blake

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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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Love Them into Life | June 5, 2022 by Rev. Dr. Dorsey Blake

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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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Change The World | May 29, 2022 by Rev. Dr. Kathryn Benton

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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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Healing Waters | May 22, 2022 by Rev. Dr. Kathryn Benton

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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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The Ministry of the Tragic | May 15, 2022 by Rev. Dr. Dorsey Blake

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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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Mother's Day | May 8, 2022 by Rev. Dr. Dorsey Blake

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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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More Than Justice Required | May 1, 2022 International Worker's Day by Rev. Dr. Dorsey Blake

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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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We Shall Awaken From Our Dullness | April 24, 2022 by Dr. Kathryn Benton

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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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Power to the People | Palm Sunday, April 10, 2022 by Dr. Dorsey Blake

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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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The Realm of the Mysterious: The Roots of Action | April 3, 2022 Dr. Kathryn Benton

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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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A New Day | March 27, 2022 Dr. Kathryn Benton

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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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Cosmic Intimacy | March 20, 2022 Dr. Dorsey Blake

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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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Carriers of Life | March 13, 2022 by Dr. Dorsey Blake

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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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She Who Dwells Within| March 6, 2022 by Dr. Kathryn Benton

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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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Nurturing a World Without War | February 27, 2022 by Dr. Dorsey Blake

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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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Boundary Crossing | February 20, 2022 by Dr. Dorsey Blake

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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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Love | February 13, 2022 by Dr. Dorsey Blake

The Church for the Fellowship of All Peoples

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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Something Within | February 6, 2022 by Dr. Kathryn Benton

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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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Who Shall I Fear | January 30, 2022 by Dr. Kathryn Benton

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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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Quest for Democracy | January 23, 2022 by Dr. Dorsey Blake

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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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Taking the Chariot Home | January 9, 2022 by Dr. Kathryn Benton

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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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Staying on Freedom | January 2, 2022 by Dr. Dorsey Blake

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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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God for us | December 26, 2021 by Dr. Dorsey Blake

The Church for the Fellowship of All Peoples

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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Beams of Heaven | December 19, 2021 by Dr. Kathryn Benton

The Church for the Fellowship of All Peoples

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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The Birthing of a New World | December 12, 2021 by Dr. Kathryn Benton

The Church for the Fellowship of All Peoples

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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The Mood of Christmas Service | December 5, 2021

The Church for the Fellowship of All Peoples

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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Foundations of Community | November 28, 2021 by Dr. Kathryn Benton

The Church for the Fellowship of All Peoples

Nov 28, 2021
7 min

Foundations of Community | November 28, 2021 by Dr. Kathryn Benton

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...

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We Wish To Live Freely as Who We Are! | TDoR November 20, 2021 by Jojo V. Gabuya

The Church for the Fellowship of All Peoples

Nov 21, 2021
6 min

We Wish To Live Freely as Who We Are! | TDoR November 20, 2021 by Jojo V. Gabuya

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

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Fold Cranes | November 14, 2021 by Dr. Dorsey Blake

The Church for the Fellowship of All Peoples

Nov 14, 2021
7 min

Fold Cranes | November 14, 2021 by Dr. Dorsey Blake

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...

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Ressurecting Peace | November 7, 2021 by Dr. Dorsey Blake

The Church for the Fellowship of All Peoples

Nov 7, 2021
8 min

Ressurecting Peace | November 7, 2021 by Dr. Dorsey Blake

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

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Saints | October 31, 2021 by Dr. Dorsey Blake

The Church for the Fellowship of All Peoples

Oct 31, 2021
7 min

Saints | October 31, 2021 by Dr. Dorsey Blake

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...

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I Wish I Knew How | October 24, 2021 by Dr. Kathryn Benton

The Church for the Fellowship of All Peoples

Oct 24, 2021
6 min

I Wish I Knew How | October 24, 2021 by Dr. Kathryn Benton

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

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Consciousness Birthing Beloved Community | October 10, 2021 Dr. Dorsey Blake

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Oct 10, 2021
6 min

Consciousness Birthing Beloved Community | October 10, 2021 Dr. Dorsey Blake

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

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Angles and Essence | October 3, 2021 by Dr. Dorsey Blake

The Church for the Fellowship of All Peoples

Oct 3, 2021
7 min

Angles and Essence | October 3, 2021 by Dr. Dorsey Blake

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...

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Delicate Balance? | September 26, 2021 by Dr. Kathryn Benton

The Church for the Fellowship of All Peoples

Sep 26, 2021
6 min

Delicate Balance? | September 26, 2021 by Dr. Kathryn Benton

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

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Was it coincidence? | September 19, 2021 by Dr. Dorsey Blake

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Sep 19, 2021
7 min

Was it coincidence? | September 19, 2021 by Dr. Dorsey Blake

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. –...

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From Stardust | September 12, 2021 by Dr. Kathryn Benton

The Church for the Fellowship of All Peoples

Sep 12, 2021
4 min

From Stardust | September 12, 2021 by Dr. Kathryn Benton

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...

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God is Troubling the Waters | September 5, 2021 by Dr. Kathryn Benton

The Church for the Fellowship of All Peoples

Sep 5, 2021
5 min

God is Troubling the Waters | September 5, 2021 by Dr. Kathryn Benton

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...

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Of Our Coming | August 29, 2021 by Dr. Dorsey Blake

The Church for the Fellowship of All Peoples

Aug 29, 2021
8 min

Of Our Coming | August 29, 2021 by Dr. Dorsey Blake

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. –...

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Musa Makes a Path | August 22, 2021 by Dr. Kathryn Benton

The Church for the Fellowship of All Peoples

Aug 22, 2021
5 min

Musa Makes a Path | August 22, 2021 by Dr. Kathryn Benton

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...

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Lessons from Frederick | August 15, 2021 by Dr. Kathryn Benton

The Church for the Fellowship of All Peoples

Aug 15, 2021
4 min

Lessons from Frederick | August 15, 2021 by Dr. Kathryn Benton

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...

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