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5th mo. 2018

New essay at Abiding Quaker: The Tongues Declare

Blog New essay at Abiding Quaker: The Tongues Declare 1 Like

3rd mo. 2018

No Quakers, Only Quakerism I like Karen Armstrong's observation that Protestants especially are into "head beliefs". They believe a lot hinges on all that monkey chatter in their brains, about whether "God exists" or not, and… Discussion No Quakers, Only Quakerism 4 Likes

2nd mo. 2018

Sa’ed Atshan: On the Quaker practice of embracing conflict

Excerpts from the Friends Journal interview

Republished from the…

Blog Sa’ed Atshan: On the Quaker practice of embracing conflict 1 Like

10th mo. 2017

Nathaniel Smith, a Quaker natural historian and physician, in 1664, meets with George Fox. Wherein George Fox argues the earth is flat because it was revealed to him by God.

In 1669 Nathanial Smith wrote a tract entitled “The Quakers Spiritual Court” wherein he documents the Quaker use of outward ecclesiastical forms and leaders to rule over the conscience of others…

Blog Nathaniel Smith, a Quaker natural historian and physician, in 1664, meets with George Fox. Wherein George Fox argues the earth is flat because it was revealed to him by God. 1 Like Called to Christ

[The following is based upon vocal ministry given at Germantown Meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on 1 Tenth month 2017.]…

Blog Called to Christ 2 Likes

5th mo. 2017

True Christians: How Do You Know Them?

The following is an excerpt from my blog, of the same title, posted on This Was…

Blog True Christians: How Do You Know Them? 2 Likes

4th mo. 2017

The Cross in Quaker Faith

The following is an excerpt from a new post titled "The Cross in Quaker Faith," which can be found on Abiding Quaker.…

Blog The Cross in Quaker Faith 1 Like No man is an island

John Donne's Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions, and several steps…

Blog No man is an island 1 Like

3rd mo. 2017

Online Quaker Studies

Group Online Quaker Studies 10 Likes Conservative Friends

Group Conservative Friends 17 Likes

2nd mo. 2017

Seeking God's Guidance

I first encountered the fact of this in the 1960's, when I was flailing through a life already hijacked by God, reframed by mind-striping drugs, immobilized by conflicting ideas and…

Blog Seeking God's Guidance 1 Like

6th mo. 2016

Bent A Book Review

“The Tragedy of Dissemination in Bent”

By Robben Wainer

“Bent”, is a play by Martin Sherman. “Martin Sherman,“Bent” 1979,…

Blog Bent A Book Review 1 Like

5th mo. 2016

Radical Acceptance: When an Attender is a Sex Offender

At the end of last year, a man began arriving every First Day at our…

Blog Radical Acceptance: When an Attender is a Sex Offender 1 Like

4th mo. 2016

Are we answering that of God in everyone?

What do Quakers say about post-denominationalism?

It…

Blog Are we answering that of God in everyone? 2 Likes A Monks Garden

“Shield me against my selfishness and…

Blog A Monks Garden 2 Likes Do you like the word 'quakerly'? I don't like it at all and yet I find myself using it. It just pops out. Anything I am tempted to describe as quakerly is about testimony, witness and practice, none of which are exclusively Quaker… Discussion Do you like the word 'quakerly'? 1 Like Friends and the Bible

Group Friends and the Bible 6 Likes THE GIFT OF THE SCRIPTURES

Some years ago in a lecture series on the Bible given at Pendle Hill, a speaker urged Friends to take back the Bible from the fundamentalists.With more…

Blog THE GIFT OF THE SCRIPTURES 2 Likes

3rd mo. 2016

Stages of the Work

In his booklet “A Revolutionary Gospel,” Lewis Benson writes of three stages of work that seventeenth-century Friends undertook: the first in the sequence was turning people to Christ through…

Blog Stages of the Work 2 Likes

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