Quaker Blogs and News

Bill Samuel is an evangelical but not an Evangelical

Evangelicals also proclaim Christ is Lord, but their emphasis on the written word as the sole determiner of Truth tends to contradict that. I am not an Evangelical because I'm not sure that Evangelicalism is really centered on Jesus Christ. Posted by Martin Kelley / christianity / evangelical

Heather reflects on the meaning of baptism in the Spirit

'I don't think I changed for once and forever when I answered that altar call. I've come to see it as a practice, a continual need to welcome Spirit into my heart and my life, a continual process of learning to yield myself up to God's service.' Posted by LizOpp QuakerQuaker Quakerese

Robin M's Plain Workshop

How did traditional practices like plain dress or plain speech arise and how did they affect early Friends? What are the postmodern equivalents? Posted by Chris M / plain

Cat's reflections on the article "Are the Quakers Going Pagan?"

'[Who] can deny that, too often, it is not God who speaks, but all-too human prejudices, fears, and superstitions? How can anyone deny that hate, not love, turns the pages of that book in far too many hands?' Posted by LizOpp QuakerQuaker

Hystery Witch responds to author Scott Savage and other Friends who would push her out

'Naive, I know, but although I fully understood that many Friends are Christ-centered, I did not know that there are some who consider those of us who are not as unqualified to share in community with them.' Posted by LizOpp QuakerQuaker theological_diversity

A painful story from a Friend wanting meeting help & accountability in homeschooling

A member said "I oppose K-, her vision, and everything she stands for." I was stunned. The meeting was silent. No one responded, and I said, somewhat choked, that such a response made me want to take my children and never come back. I was in tears when I Posted by Martin Kelley / parenting

Liz is Answering her own questions about her sacred compass

What was my first experience when I began to have an inkling about having an inner compass? Posted by Robin M religiouswomen

Brent Bill prepares for a Sabbath for Silence

'In holy silence God begins giving me the power to live my faith. In silence I see God's work in me being slowly realized.' Posted by LizOpp QuakerQuaker

One reader of CT article things Paganism is official Qr outreach effort

The Quakers are finding a new strategy for church growth: Merge with paganism! From "Pagans find a sometimes uneasy home among Quakers", referring to "a small but growing movement of Quakers who also identify as pagan. Posted by Martin Kelley / in / outreach

Former Friend talks of Pagans, Quakers and a self-centered Christian identity

While Quakerism is (still) Christian, it often comes over as a separate religion, a law unto itself in a sense. They talk primarily about the Quaker heritage, while the Christian character is not adequately covered. Posted by Martin Kelley / influences / liberal

A Silly Poor Gospel: A Women's Blog-o-rama

I am going to post daily until I run out of steam on the topic of Women's empowerment, oppression, invincibility, "modesty and other co-dependent scams" and every other rant and revelation that the Spirit supplies. Posted by C Wess Daniels / uaker

Quakers Engaging Jon signs off (for now?)

Originally I created this blog to be a non-threatening discussion board for people in the Tacoma community. It turned into a forum for unprogrammed and semi-programmed and programmed Friends to interact, share perspectives, and learn from one another. Posted by Martin Kelley / blogs

Quakers going Pagan? A Firm and Loving "No"

This may be a somewhat new phenomenon to Streib, but it's not to Evangelical Friends. So how do I answer Streib's question? As Evangelical Quakers in Evangelical Friends Church Southwest, the answer is a firm and loving "No". Posted by Martin Kelley / evangelical

Barclay Press Wess on The Temptation to Surrender

So then what about Friends? What are our political options? From Wess Daniels' new column at BP. Posted by Chris M / witness

LizOpp on the different kinds of pride

That said, there is a quiet pride that lends itself to being low, and then there is another sort of pride that lends itself to being high, to pushing God out of our lives because we mistakenly take up the belief that there is no more room. Posted by Martin Kelley / ministry

Paul L thinks Orwell's got us pegged

"Socialism" draws with magnetic force every fruit-juice drinker, nudist, sandal-wearer, sex-maniac, Quaker, 'Nature Cure' quack, pacifist and feminist in England." Posted by Martin Kelley / liberal

Will T describes My visit to Quip

As is often the case, the best part of the meeting was not the formal program but the opportunities to speak with a variety of Friends from different backgrounds and to get to know them a little better. Posted by Robin M / quiprobinmsf

cubbie reflects on moving when the Spirit says move

'do we move when the spirit says move? can we even hear, respect, and heed it when the spirit says to stay right here?' Posted by LizOpp QuakerQuaker

Through A Glass Dimly: But How Can You Talk With a Person if They Always Say the Same Thing?

Constructing "infallibility" in the church, and thinking you can get away with it just because you're Protestant. (My summary, not Skybalon's.) Caution: his blog is addictive. Posted by Johan Maurer qq

Are the Quakers Going Pagan? | Christianity Today | A Magazine of Evangelical Conviction

The liberal end of the Society of Friends has long had members who denied God's existence or Jesus' divinity. Now hundreds of pagans call Quakerism home. Posted by C Wess Daniels / uaker