10th mo. 2017
A World without Sin, a/k/a A World without personal responsibility
It’s a World without Sin, everyone is ok
No need for Grace, from what people say
There’s no Hell to go to, no need to repent
it’s a World without Sin, a world without lent.
It’s…
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A World without Sin, a/k/a A World without personal responsibility
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7th mo. 2017
I Am a Fool and The Gospel Is True
Well, that says it! The biggest question, for me, is: "Whose fool am I going to be?" If I'm too concerned about being a fool and having everybody know I'm a fool -- if I'm too downright chickenshit s…
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I Am a Fool and The Gospel Is True
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3rd mo. 2017
11th mo. 2016
New Podcast: Clearly Quaker Podcast
Salem Quarterly Meeting in South Jersey has started a podcast called Clearly Quaker. Our first episode features a talk by Chris Densmore, curator of Friends Historical Library at Swarthmore College. …
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New Podcast: Clearly Quaker Podcast
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10th mo. 2016
Rediscovering the Teaching of George Fox: The Place of George Fox in Christian History
Lewis Benson began his lecture series Rediscovering the Teaching of George Fox at Moorestown Meeting in New Jersey in the fall of 1982. The first lecture in this series is titled…
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Rediscovering the Teaching of George Fox: The Place of George Fox in Christian History
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9th mo. 2016
Confessing Christ in a Chaotic World: FoJF F…
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Confessing Christ in a Chaotic World: FoJF F…
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Beginning Peace & Social Action from a Spiri…
My meeting has begun the process of considering our concern over the use of drones to punish and take revenge on terrorists. I have so appreciated that our Peace and Social Action committee is takin…
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Beginning Peace & Social Action from a Spiri…
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7th mo. 2016
FOJF Peacemaker Book Study
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FOJF Peacemaker Book Study
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12th mo. 2015
The Hubris of Christendom
Andre Trocme, a French Protestant pastor and pacifist, is known as a man who led an effective response to the Vichy and Nazi genocide against the Jews. He had a heart for…
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The Hubris of Christendom
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11th mo. 2015
Can two walk together, except they be agreed?
In the 3rd verse of the 3rd chapter of the prophet Amos we are asked:
Can two walk together, except they be agreed? There have been more than a few nights where I cried this scripture out…
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Can two walk together, except they be agreed?
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9th mo. 2015
My Affirmation of Christian Faith
Some Friends make the Christian faith out to be loaded with inhumane “freight” to which its adherents do not admit. Some Friends regard Christian faith as an unnecessary foundation of the Quaker wit…
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My Affirmation of Christian Faith
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7th mo. 2015
And the Greatest of these is Love
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And the Greatest of these is Love
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6th mo. 2015
Faith comes by hearing
Friends from a neighboring local meeting are uprooting themselves to follow a leading at an age when most of us are looking at brochures for retirement venues. Another Friend couple try to…
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Faith comes by hearing
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5th mo. 2015
Fully Human: FoJF Fall Gathering
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Fully Human: FoJF Fall Gathering
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Friends of Jesus Fellowship
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Friends of Jesus Fellowship
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4th mo. 2015
When There is No There There in a House of Worship
This past Easter Sunday I decided to skip Quaker Meeting and…
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When There is No There There in a House of Worship
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3rd mo. 2015
“New Rooms in the Interfaith Movement,” by Eboo Patel
Excerpts from the Winter/Spring 2015 Harvard…
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“New Rooms in the Interfaith Movement,” by Eboo Patel
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2nd mo. 2015
Seeds of the Kingdom: Friends of Jesus Fello…
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Seeds of the Kingdom: Friends of Jesus Fello…
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Testimonies as Creed
During a recent meeting for worship, I found myself seated across from my least favorite Quaker T-shirt. Yes, there was a Friend in the T-shirt, but this is not about…
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Testimonies as Creed
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10th mo. 2014
A Review of Traditional Quaker Christianity
As I read and re-read Traditional Quaker Christianity, I felt a spirit of humble diligence intent upon conveying the core substance of Quaker understanding, as well as the practices…
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A Review of Traditional Quaker Christianity
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1st mo. 2014
Mediation as a role in each area meeting
I seem to be knocking my head on a brick wall about Quakers and mediation. I take the view that it should be one of the things we do both for people within our meeting and for the general public.
Wit…
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Mediation as a role in each area meeting
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