Reflections 3/12

Hope and Restoration II | February 18, 2024 Rev. Dr. Kathryn Benton

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Feb 18

Hope and Restoration II | February 18, 2024 Rev. Dr. Kathryn Benton

We need to restore honor to the way we live, so that when we walk through the world we don’t have to avert our eyes with shame, so that...

Hope and Restoration | February 11, 2024 Rev. Dr. Kathryn Benton

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Feb 11

Hope and Restoration | February 11, 2024 Rev. Dr. Kathryn Benton

I really do believe that we can all become better than we are… I know we can. The opening quote is from James Baldwin…surprising isn’t it...

Patches of Black History | February 4, 2024 Rev. Dr. Dorsey Blake

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Feb 3

Patches of Black History | February 4, 2024 Rev. Dr. Dorsey Blake

"All classes of people under social pressure are permeated with a common experience; they are emotionally welded as others cannot be....

Wisdom from the Mystic Spider | January 28, 2024 Rev. Dr. Dorsey Blake

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Jan 27

Wisdom from the Mystic Spider | January 28, 2024 Rev. Dr. Dorsey Blake

“There is an inmost center in us all, where truth abides in fullness;....and, to know, rather consists in opening out a way where the...

Compassion and the Soul | January 21, 2024 Rev. Dr. Kathryn Benton

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Jan 20

Compassion and the Soul | January 21, 2024 Rev. Dr. Kathryn Benton

If the soul is where God works compassion, then we have soul only to the extent that we have become instruments for the divine...

Forget It! 2024 New Year’s Message | January 7, 2024 Rev. Dr. Dorsey Blake

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Jan 7

Forget It! 2024 New Year’s Message | January 7, 2024 Rev. Dr. Dorsey Blake

I try, therefore, to allow myself to be taken by the force of all living life; forgetfulness... There is an age when one teaches what one...

6 Flags over Martin | December 31, 2023 Rev. Dr. Martin Todd Allen

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Dec 31, 2023

6 Flags over Martin | December 31, 2023 Rev. Dr. Martin Todd Allen

The title of this talk is 6 Flags over Martin. Can anyone guess which 6 flags have flown over me? The Rebel Flag The Christian Flag The...

Terror Transform | December 24, 2023 Rev. Dr. Dorsey Blake

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Dec 26, 2023

Terror Transform | December 24, 2023 Rev. Dr. Dorsey Blake

The innocent child Sits in great darkness A broken world smothers him in pain He is alone Mother and father are gone Dead at his feet No...

Open A Window to God | December 17, 2023 Rev. Dr. Dorsey Blake

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Dec 16, 2023

Open A Window to God | December 17, 2023 Rev. Dr. Dorsey Blake

Open a window to God and begin to delight yourself by gazing upon Him through the opening. The business of love is to make this window in...

Will the Circle Be Unbroken | December 10, 2023 Rev Dr. Kathryn Benton

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Dec 14, 2023

Will the Circle Be Unbroken | December 10, 2023 Rev Dr. Kathryn Benton

The opening music is sung to the familiar tune of We Are Climbing Jacob’s Ladder. The lyrics upend the symbol of the spiritual quest to...

The Mood of Christmas | December 3, 2023

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Dec 3, 2023

The Mood of Christmas | December 3, 2023

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

The Advent of Hope, Grounded in Gratitude | November 26, 2023 Rev. Dr. Kathryn Benton

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Nov 25, 2023

The Advent of Hope, Grounded in Gratitude | November 26, 2023 Rev. Dr. Kathryn Benton

If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough. The opening words come from Meister Eckhart, a 13th...

Transgender Day of Remembrance Service | November 19, 2023 Guest Speaker: Rev. CJ Sokugan Dunford

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Nov 19, 2023

Transgender Day of Remembrance Service | November 19, 2023 Guest Speaker: Rev. CJ Sokugan Dunford

We do not ask guest speakers to submit a written message in advance. Therefore, you will not receive a written message as you normally...

Armistice Day Remembered & Revitalized | November 12, 2023 Rev. Dr. Dorsey Blake

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Nov 12, 2023

Armistice Day Remembered & Revitalized | November 12, 2023 Rev. Dr. Dorsey Blake

The Prayer I pray you'll be our eyes and watch us where we go. And help us to be wise in times when we don't know Let this be our prayer...

The Breath of the World | November 5, 2023 Rev. Dr. Kathryn Benton

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Nov 5, 2023

The Breath of the World | November 5, 2023 Rev. Dr. Kathryn Benton

Listen more often to things rather than beings. Hear the fire's voice, Hear the voice of water. In the wind hear the sobbing of the...

Neutrality: Not An Option | October 29, 2023 Rev. Dr. Dorsey Blake

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Oct 29, 2023

Neutrality: Not An Option | October 29, 2023 Rev. Dr. Dorsey Blake

The American Indian is the only indigenous people within the confines of American sovereignty. The merciless and ruthless attack on the...

Compassion as a Response | October 22, 2023 Rev. Dr. Kathryn Benton

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Oct 22, 2023

Compassion as a Response | October 22, 2023 Rev. Dr. Kathryn Benton

In looking for some comprehensive and “real” response to the current violence in Israel and Palestine, I came upon this clip from a...

Listening: Revolutionary Love | October 8, 2023 Rev. Dr. Dorsey Blake

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Oct 8, 2023

Listening: Revolutionary Love | October 8, 2023 Rev. Dr. Dorsey Blake

To a certain degree, our entire future may depend on learning to listen, listen without assumptions or defenses. - Emergent Strategy,...

Unimagined Possibilities | October 1, 2023 Rev. Dr. Kathryn Benton

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Oct 1, 2023

Unimagined Possibilities | October 1, 2023 Rev. Dr. Kathryn Benton

...once we resolve to see clearly how things are, the process of healing – a word that, at its root means “returning to wholeness” – can...

Teshuvah | September 24, 2023 Rev Dr. Kathryn Benton

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Sep 24, 2023

Teshuvah | September 24, 2023 Rev Dr. Kathryn Benton

Rabbi Samuel Tamaras wrote, "The shofar is surely the appropriate instrument for proclaiming the advent of the Jubilee Year on the Day of...

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