Looking around the US in the fall I am struck by how the majority of my fellow citizens can be broken down into two camps.  The first camp spends Monday through Saturday talking about the past Sunday's events and what the next Sunday has in store for them.  Some of them do it on the radio, at work, at family gatherings, breakfast, lunch and dinner.  They do it with strangers as well as co-workers, friends and family.  Then on Sunday they gather at places of public assembly or, if they can't…

Gil George has posted a blog that discusses dealing with Quaker testimonies and our attitudes towards them.  One friend in replying to the post points out the all or nothing attitude that can be found about testimonies.  I prefer the term Holiness as I have spent some time in Pentacostal churches that are related to the Holiness movement.

From the time I had my first encounter with Jesus in 1978 I have wanted to be holy.  I still do.  My first encounter resulted in an immediate…

The journey everyone is on, whether they know it or not, is about transformation: from child to adult; from receiver to provider; from stranger to friend.  This is true in the spiritual as well as the natural.  Everyone's journey is different.  Everyone faces obstacles on their journey.  In the natural world these obstacles can determine what kind of life we live; in the spiritual world how we deal with obstacles detemines how much progress we make in our transformation from merely human to…