“We serve in the new way of the Spirit” —Romans 7:6 NIV

What do you want from a life of faith? Maybe you’ve attended worship for years, read books, gone to bible studies and retreats. You wonder, “Will it ever come together into some clear whole?” Or “I know I have gifts I’m meant to use for good, but it’s not happening. What’s holding me back?” Maybe you ask the first question this way, “What does God desire of my life? How can I do what I am called to…

           Being both a member of New York Yearly Meeting (Brooklyn) and a student at ESR, I was invited by the school to attend the 316^th Session of our Yearly Meeting this summer at Silver Bay, NY.  While there, I provided a presence for ESR and had the opportunity to meet and engage with Friends, old and new.  When asked to submit an article about my experience for ESR’s blog, Learning and Leading, I said that I would.  Why has it taken me so…

Las experiencia personal con la Luz, hace un verdadero cambio adentro de nosotros, este es un nuevo nacimiento.

 “El pueblo que andaba en tinieblas vio gran luz; a los que moraban en tierra de sombra de muerte, luz resplandeció sobre ellos” (Isa. 9:2).

Necesitamos de la luz de Cristo para poder caminar a través de la oscuridad de este mundo

Yo soy la luz del mundo; el que me sigue no andará en tinieblas, sino que tendrá la luz de la vida” (Juan…

Well, I finished much of "Friends for 300 years". I really enjoyed it and learned a lot from it. I am now starting to read the Pacific Yearly Meeting's Faith and Practice. I also have a copy of Encounter with silence by John Punshon. So far I am enjoying the Faith and Practice so far.

I am now interested in what the different traditions of Quakers are.

I would be interested in going to a conservative Quaker meeting... just to see how it differs from the ones I…

This morning I read an NYT article about the need for community action to make real change in the environment, and the challenges at this time when the strategies that would help are blocked by the current negative climate in DC.  I read that individual action is valiant, but what will make a change is the community working together.

Early Friends knew this. Our testimonies get attention because of the shared sacrifice and shared support of that sacrifice.…

New Blog Post: "The Legitimate Difference of Opinion" at http://wp.me/1OXtI

I think I'm a Quaker, but...



I hear some version of this phrase all the time among Young Adult Friends.  Our Meeting had a similar dialogue recently regarding membership.  Some people took a very hard-line stance.  Why wouldn't you want to be a member? …

I have just created a new blog.  It will not be all specifically Quaker in content, but will be of general interest to many who frequent QuakerQuaker.

The URL is:    http://lettersfromthestreet.wordpress.com/

The name comes from Walt Whitman's "Song of Myself":…

Once again the disclaimer, these are pure unaltered ramblings.

Veils and Headcovering…

I find podcasts a wonderful way to learn about something... in this Quakers and Quakerism. I hope those inclined will continue to produce more podcasts as the ones I have listened to are great & I really get a sense of Quakerism through them.

I listen to podcasts regularly, while I am commuting. I was listening to podcasts by the Unity folks (via Unity.fm from iTunes). While I choose not to follow in their tradition, I did learned a lot and their thoughts & ideas have…

The entries I will post under these headings may seem vague and confusing, but I feel the need to post them. Perhaps others may have insight into these things and I may learn from others. I jot down notes as I'm reading, or when the thought comes to me while travelling through my day. So it will seem a little random and sometimes out of context.

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