I remember my summer at Pendle Hill vividly. I remember the beautiful scenery and the even more beautiful people. I remember when I first really felt in the Presence of G-d. It was a wonderful time in my spiritual life and I enjoyed every minute of it.

However, I have noticed that with every beautifully intense spiritual moment of growth I experience, I am also deeply deeply disturbed at the very core of my being. While I was at Pendle Hill, I was disturbed by the…

1Ki 22:21  And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will persuade him.

Six years ago I left the holiness pentecostal movement.   I can now see and identify the traits of a denominational spirit at work.  It's job is to impersonate God.    I was  a third generation member…

I admit that I am new here to QQ.  I find it a tremendous blessing as I am isolated.  The many posts and articles and the library study which I have been enjoying is wonderful.

However, I have noticed a worrying trend. I have noticed that most posters are Quakers of one form or another.  But I have also noticed many…

One day a traveling minister happened through a small town in

Pennsylvania.

this minister was famous for the gifts of discernment and healing

that GOD had bestowed upon him, He walked from town to town

spreading GODs word.

One of the local Religious Politicians invited the traveling…

My husband let me sleep in a little this morning and I rose at 8:15 out of an amazing dream.

He handed me some coffee and I said "let me tell you the dream I had."

I saw a great wave that could only have been a Tsunami and it was coming from the west.  I heard It will affect  Hawaii and that it is under alert and that it could also affect the west coast of the United States.

I saw in the dream villages, that looked of dirt, or more primitive dried…

A couple of weeks ago, Earlham School of Religion, my Alma Mater, asked me to write a post for their official blog about my Quaker ministry in Colombia. When I submitted my contribution, I was told it would not be published, for it seemed too personal and polemic for the ESR blog readers. I still think it is a pretty cool text, so I am posting it here. I thank Earlham School of Religion for teaching me to think and write this way, even if now the strength and tone of my voice seems too…

Sometimes it is very difficult to put down exactly what a person believes other than the simple mechanics of one's faith. But that alone cannot convey the life of experiencing it, truly living it.

So I will give a type of testimony of how I was led.…

Mat 22:44  The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool?

Jesus asked the Pharisees if they knew the answer to the writings of David  . . .who called the Messiah Lord . . . if the Messiah is the son of David.

More importantly the question is . . . do we understand the spiritual meaning of this scripture?…

After teaching for six years at the county jail  . . . about the love of God.  I was contacted by a former student last month.  Much to my surprise the contact was not for my assistance.  It was about the student's spiritual growth.

 Everything was going great for him.  In fact he was receiving so much information from God  he was wondering what to do with this new information.   Whenever he would talk about his God experiences to others . . . they would walk away . . .  muttering to…

As I watched my son in law whirl around my grandson in the air I, enjoyed the screams of glee from my grandchild, and the loving smile and tender twinkle in his fathers eyes. In a family these are the moments we…