Featured Blog Posts – 6th mo. 2010 Archive (7)

Any other Liberal,Christian, Quakers?

So I found this quote on the michiganquakers.org...We differ from

“liberal” Friends in many ways: many liberal meetings have ceased to

be Christian, and have become at best ecumenical, permitting and

even embracing the beliefs and practices of other, non-Christian and

even pagan faiths... "
and "ouch" was my first reaction.



I do agree with most of it, but the first description…
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Added by Javaughn Fernanders on 6th mo. 29, 2010 at 7:36pm — 45 Comments

Surprise teaching

Earlier today, I was discussing a decision I had made with someone who did not appreciate it. 'nuff said.


In any case, this dear friend said, during the conversation, "Jesus was not a quitter."


And my response was, "No, He was not. He also did not do many things others wanted Him to, because he was very clear about what His purpose was."


Later, I was tempted to go through a shoulda coulda woulda with myself, about my…
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Added by Raye on 6th mo. 26, 2010 at 10:51pm — No Comments

Kevin Camp Query to the Faithful





Dear Readers,



This post was originally written for an Ecumenical Audience.



Thanks,



The Author




_______________



Do pardon this brief post. I'd like to return once more to the recent Young Adult Friends gathering I attended in Kansas by sharing a particularly pertinent anecdote. While in a small group one day, a Friend, as was her wont, told a compelling story. I've mentioned… Continue

Added by Kevin Camp on 6th mo. 10, 2010 at 3:42pm — No Comments

Why I am a Quaker

Seven years ago, I was a devout Catholic. I had been raised Catholic by parents who didn't actually believe in God or Catholicism, and by the time I finished high school I didn't believe either. But then, years later at a difficult time in my life, a friend invited me to attend a local Catholic church with her, and it felt like coming home. I was more comfortable there than I had been anywhere else I had tried to go. I still disagreed with all the things I had always disagreed with, but I loved… Continue

Added by Rosemary Gould on 6th mo. 5, 2010 at 12:04pm — 6 Comments

Kevin Camp Standing Knee Deep in a River and Dying of Thirst







This morning, as an observer rather than a participant, I witnessed the annual Race for the Cure event here in DC. It is, for those who may be unaware, a charity run/walk that has served as an effective means of raising funds to combat breast cancer. It also memorializes those who have tragically perished from the disease and celebrates those who have survived. Before… Continue

Added by Kevin Camp on 6th mo. 5, 2010 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Kevin Camp Coming Out as Religious, and Other Stories







I'd rather not entertain the intersection between politics and religion for a while, and instead tell you a bit more about the Quaker Young Adult gathering I recently attended. Primarily this is because it is supremely depressing to contemplate the oil spill. The beaches on Alabama's Gulf Coast that I visited every summer as a child and young teen might be forever… Continue

Added by Kevin Camp on 6th mo. 3, 2010 at 9:00am — No Comments

Book Review: The Concurrence and Unanimity of the People Called Quakers . . .

The Concurrence and Unanimity of The People Called Quakers As Evidenced By Some of Their Sermons is a collection of transcriptions of the preaching done by fourteen weighty Friends between 1688 and 1694. Originally published in London in 1694, under the name Andrew Sowle by his daughter Tace, it is being re-printed in its entirety for the first time in this 2010 edition from Foundation Publications, though some individual sermons have been re-printed… Continue

Added by Isabel Penraeth on 6th mo. 1, 2010 at 12:03pm — 2 Comments

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