Jon's Blog – 8th mo. 2011 Archive (3)

Exploring

As I wonder around QuakerQuaker, I am feeling like I do when I go into a large-good book store, and enter the "Literature" section. There are just so many books, most of which I have not a clue about (having a high school education focused on welding and machining did not prepare me for Lit... oh well a challenge yet to overcome).

 

So I liked the name "Convergent Friends". I like how Convergent feels as a word. The symbolism. I read a bit about it... like the idea of it. As I…

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Added by Jon on 8th mo. 31, 2011 at 12:54am — 1 Comment

Time

Time goes by. Working. Relationship. chores. all take up time.

 

My collection of books is not getting smaller either. :)

 

So when does God or my Inner Light shine? 

 

I do have some time while commuting, that I use to listen to Podcasts. I enjoy Podcasts. Unfortunately, there are not too many Quaker podcasts via iTunes that I have found. 

 

I am reading "Friends of 300 years" a book a bought a number of years ago, but never read. I…

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Added by Jon on 8th mo. 18, 2011 at 1:02am — 4 Comments

Simplicity

It is late Thursday night. Just finished packing tomorrow's lunch and doing the dishes.

 

I have been reflecting on the Meeting I attended last Sunday. At the beginning of service, one of the "elders"(??) got up at the beginning of the worship and read from the .... oh I am forgetting the proper name... (basically a collection of people's writings related to different topics put together by the Pacific Yearly Meeting... sorry it is late). Anyways, he read a couple of pieces…

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Added by Jon on 8th mo. 12, 2011 at 1:52am — No Comments

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