Reflections 7/12

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

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Jul 17, 2022

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...

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

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Jul 10, 2022

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...

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

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Jun 26, 2022

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...

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

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Jun 19, 2022

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...

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

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Jun 12, 2022

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. – ...

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

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Jun 5, 2022

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, 2022

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, 2022

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, 2022

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, 2022

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, 2022

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...

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

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Apr 24, 2022

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, 2022

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...

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

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Apr 10, 2022

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...

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

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Apr 3, 2022

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...

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

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Mar 27, 2022

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...

Cosmic Intimacy | March 20, 2022 Dr. Dorsey Blake

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Mar 20, 2022

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...

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

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Mar 13, 2022

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...

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

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Mar 6, 2022

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...

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

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Feb 27, 2022

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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