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"Plain Dress November" on Facebook

"Plain Dress November" on Facebook. Keeping with Friends' testimony of simplicity I thought it would be a neat idea if we take the month of november to reflect on our personal ideas about simplicity and plain dress.

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Added by QuakerQuaker on 10th mo. 7, 2010 at 3:39pm — 1 Comment

Greg Woods: Meaningful Work and Long-Term Commitment

Greg Woods: Meaningful Work and Long-Term Commitment to Change. As I am about to end two plus years of leading a service-learning program, I am reflecting on my time here and the lessons I have learned. A common phrase I hear a lot is “meaningful work”. Pastors, youth group leaders, and parents have all use this term when they call to inquire about my programs. Over time I have found out… Continue

Added by QuakerQuaker on 10th mo. 7, 2010 at 3:30pm — No Comments

Micah Bales: Are We Ready for New Wineskins?

Micah Bales: Are We Ready for New Wineskins? I believe that if we focus most or all of our energy on resuscitating stagnant or dying institutions, we risk failing to re-contextualize the Gospel to emerging generations. Just as in Jesus' day, there are many of us who have the form of righteousness - who follow all the procedural rules to be "church people" - but who are not radically submitted to Christ. The… Continue

Added by QuakerQuaker on 10th mo. 6, 2010 at 7:30pm — No Comments

David Johns: How do we attend to new growth?

David Johns: How do we attend to new growth? Recently a new Facebook group began gathering together folks with an interest in this very thing–”Quaker Church-Planters.” That’s an idea we don’t hear much about these days! After the burst of corporate-business patterned ‘church growth’ that blazed through in the 1980′s there hasn’t been much public discussion, among Quakers at least, about “planting”… Continue

Added by QuakerQuaker on 10th mo. 6, 2010 at 10:00am — No Comments

Robin Mohr: Let People Know You're a Quaker

Robin Mohr: Let People Know You're a Quaker. What I think we need to do is to tell more people that Quakerism is wonderful and powerful. That God is speaking to them right now. That if they want, they can listen and do better. That they are created for more than shopping and eating and scraping for their boss. That they can live up to the Light that has been given to them.…

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Added by QuakerQuaker on 10th mo. 6, 2010 at 12:00am — No Comments

Roger Dreisbach-Williams: Basis & Structure of Friends

Roger Dreisbach-Williams: Basis & Structure of Friends. The Religious Society of Friends is the gathering of those who understand the reality of a living God and know that only in turning to one another can we be truly faithful. Only by releasing some to serve all can we become who we are meant to be.…

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Added by QuakerQuaker on 10th mo. 4, 2010 at 6:30pm — No Comments

Martin Kelley - Spiritual self-understanding, organizational renewal

Martin Kelley - Spiritual self-understanding as pretext to organizational renewal. If you’ve got a group of people actively listening to the guidance of the Inward Christ then any process or structure probably can be made to work (though some will facilitate discernment better). Our books of “Faith and Practice” were never meant to be inerrant Bibles. At their… Continue

Added by QuakerQuaker on 10th mo. 2, 2010 at 10:00pm — 2 Comments

Brent Bill asks: Why do we have Yearly Meetings or other institutions?

Brent Bill asks: Why do we have Yearly Meetings or other institutions?. These questions seem vital to me -- especially if our larger institutions want to become or remain vital. The questions need to be asked regularly. They can't be answered once and for all time. If the organizations don't ask these questions -- and engage the people served by them in a discussion of the questions -- the… Continue

Added by QuakerQuaker on 10th mo. 1, 2010 at 4:30pm — No Comments

R Scot Miller: Comfortable waiting interupted by Spirit

R Scot Miller: Comfortable waiting interupted by Spirit. “What is it you want to pray for,” I am asked. I answer: “I want to be able to pray that the desire of YHWH is carried out by those who confess.” The next question is obvious. “Why don’t you pray for that desire to be met ?” I do not hesitate to respond. “It may mean that I might have to sacrifice in ways that I am not wanting to… Continue

Added by QuakerQuaker on 10th mo. 1, 2010 at 9:46am — No Comments

Wess Daniels: The End of Words

Wess Daniels: The End of Words. Quaker theologian Isaac Penington once wrote: "And the end of words is to bring [humanity] to the knowledge of things beyond what words can utter. So, learn of the Lord to make a right use of the Scriptures: which is by esteeming them in their right place, and prizing that above them which is above them."…

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Added by QuakerQuaker on 9th mo. 30, 2010 at 3:30pm — No Comments

Martin Kelley - a simple outreach program

Martin Kelley - a simple outreach program. When a newcomer shows up at meeting, invite them out for lunch. I’ll leave the details up to you. Your place, a local restaurant, sandwiches at the meetinghouse, doesn’t matter. Total newcomer, someone from another meeting, a old regular who hasn’t shown up in awhile, doesn’t matter. When someone you didn’t expect shows up for worship on First Day Morning, say… Continue

Added by QuakerQuaker on 9th mo. 30, 2010 at 9:34am — No Comments

Will T: A People to be Gathered

Will T: A People to be Gathered. When George Fox climbed Pendle Hill he had a vision of a great people to be gathered. Friends who seek renewal of the Society of Friends use this vision as a touchstone of what the Society of Friends can become again. I know that it speaks to me. I also think that Friends have lost sight of what it means to be a people.…

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Added by QuakerQuaker on 9th mo. 29, 2010 at 12:30pm — No Comments

Bill Clendineng: Waiting Rooms and Worship

Bill Clendineng: Waiting Rooms and Worship. Traditional Friends worship is a lot like the waiting that happens in a waiting room. It may be quiet but it is not passive. There is a reason for the waiting as we anticipate some kind of moving. In a doctor's office or an airport lounge we have a pretty clear idea of what will be happening. Waiting in worship means we are open to something happening,… Continue

Added by QuakerQuaker on 9th mo. 29, 2010 at 12:23pm — No Comments

By Convincement Iris: Spiritual Hearing Aids

By Convincement Iris: Spiritual Hearing Aids. During a recent Meeting for Worship, one member admitted he’s having increasing difficulty hearing and has begun to wonder if he needs hearing aids. As he’s thought of the possibility of slipping something into his ears to help him hear more clearly, he’s yearned for a similar simple correction to better hear that voice that guides him. “If… Continue

Added by QuakerQuaker on 9th mo. 28, 2010 at 6:44pm — No Comments

LizOpp: Dangers of today's implicit Quakerism

LizOpp: Dangers of today's implicit Quakerism. When we as a community stop talking openly among ourselves about the responsibilities of membership (or of long-term attendance-ship!), then those responsibilities become implicit and invisible--which used to be okay when we would spend oodles of time with one another during the rest of the week. But when we see each other and… Continue

Added by QuakerQuaker on 9th mo. 28, 2010 at 6:00pm — No Comments

George Lakey: Why did you go to jail yesterday?

George Lakey: Why did you go to jail yesterday?. I dislike arrest and jail, personally. Been there, done that, as long ago as the civil rights movement in the sixties. I dislike the loss of freedom, being put under the custody of someone with a gun. Most of what I dislike are the reminders of that seizure of my body and my destiny: the tight pressure of cold metal handcuffs on my skin, the… Continue

Added by QuakerQuaker on 9th mo. 28, 2010 at 3:33pm — No Comments

Quaker Oats Cherice: Technology in worship & other thoughts

Quaker Oats Cherice: Technology in worship & other thoughts. Cherice writes about some of the complexities of technology in a worship service and shares some reflections on the main topic of the message: "The gospel story is bigger than simply the life of Jesus in the flesh; we continue the gospel story as we live out our faith. We're representatives of Christ—we ARE the… Continue

Added by QuakerQuaker on 9th mo. 28, 2010 at 1:15pm — No Comments

LizOpp: Invite a visitor to lunch

LizOpp: Invite a visitor to lunch. If we skip that step--asking the visitor, "Do you have any questions about Quakerism?" or "What was your experience like during worship?" or even "What did you know about Quakerism before you came here?--we risk perpetuating the perception that Quaker meetings are really more like a social club where we don't talk about God in our lives, a… Continue

Added by QuakerQuaker on 9th mo. 27, 2010 at 4:30pm — No Comments

Chronicler: Travel in ministry (and the process in Ohio YM)

Chronicler: Travel in ministry (and the process in Ohio YM). During the past two months, I have felt an increasing call to travel in the ministry. What I am about to post is probably going to be unfamiliar territory for Friends of other yearly meetings, though the current process in Ohio YM is what other YMs would have recognized historically. This post is not at all intended as a… Continue

Added by QuakerQuaker on 9th mo. 24, 2010 at 12:45pm — No Comments

Mark Wutka: How I Ended Up Leading a Semi-Programmed Worship

How I Ended Up Leading a Semi-Programmed Worship. While I didn't particularly approve of the semi-programmed worship, I didn't feel strongly enough to stand in the way. I decided instead just not to go. That didn't last, however.... I began to wrestle with my opinion of semi-programmed worship, in light of my experience with leading the bible study, and began to question my… Continue

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