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Victoria Pearson: Called Out, Called In: Maggie Harrison's Loving Challenge - QuakerQuaker
And how do I handle being called out? Not too well, it seems, given the number of days I dismissed this challenge, this clear call to be more than what my un-committed commitment to seeking has led me to be. But I’m writing this, after all, so maybe there’s some hope yet.
Micah Bales: Who is a Quaker?
The Quaker church began as a radical movement of prophetic faithfulness to God's living Word (the Risen Lord Jesus), and was far more concerned with embodying and proclaiming that message than it was with buildings and endowments; history and Nobel prizes. (&Don't miss Marshall Massey's comment below!)
Ian Goggin - Should gay couples be allowed to get married in places of worship? | 4thought.tv
Quaker couple Ian Goggin and Kristin Skarsholt wanted a civil partnership instead of a marriage but were refused by the State. Ian and Kristin’s Quaker beliefs promote equality and lead them to think that access to both civil partnership and marriage should be the same for everyone.
Stuart Masters: Quakers and creation: Going to a ‘better place’?
Although there is much in Quakerism that is creation-affirming, we must not let rose-tinted spectacles blind us to those aspects of our tradition that have contained more ambivalent attitudes and less environmentally-sustainable practices.
Johan Maurer: Trust, the first testimony
To me, trust is SPICE's missing ingredient, namely the crucial link between faith (or conversion) and discipleship. Without trust, SPICE remains theoretical. Without trust, how can we unbind ourselves from greed, violence, intrigue, autonomy, and elitism? In the absence of real trust, the church drifts back into functional atheism...
Greg Woods: A Messy Faith- Inclusivity Within Friends
I want to keep Quakerism a messy community. I want to invest in my fellow Quakers and to keep challenging them to go deeper in their faith, while they challenge me to go deeper. I do not want to be involved in a faith where everybody follows the rules for fear of being expelled.
Cherice B: how do we vote with integrity?
Since it's an election year, this problem is bound to come up again, and it's something I think about a lot. What do we do, as Friends, when either a) there aren't any good candidates, or b) the good candidates have no chance of winning, and if we vote for them, the worse candidates are likely to get elected instead of the not-quite-as-bad?
Karen Mercer: How much clothing matters
I know that it might be easy for critics to point out that in chosing religious dress I am merely repeating my own past. It may be so....but now I am doing so consciously. I don't sneer at people for taking my dress as the reality anymore.
Sue Doessel: Primary and secondary messages within Quakerism
These are some of the fears we meet if we seek to live by the primary message of Quakerism, that it is possible to be in direct relationship with the Source, and to live our lives in accordance with guidance from there. None of these fears are new.
Ashley W.: Freedom Friends trying out Unprogrammed Worship
We also had four first-time visitors (nearly a third of the group!), so we took some time to talk about open worship and what it means to feel led to speak.
Recent Web Buzz
Tracking news of Friends involved in the Occupy Wall Street movement and encampments.
Quaker Musician Jon Watts' new album is out and its packed with good beats and good Quaker righteousness. Highlights include the soon-to-be-viral music video Quakers Get Naked in Sunday Meeting for Worship; Quakerism 101 with Max Carter, an outtake from the video; "Friend Speaks My Mind" podcast interviews Jon Watts & Maggie Harrison; and reviews from Micah Bales and Ashley W .
QuakerQuaker Podcasting
We have a podcast feed and an iTunes listing so you can listen to it on your favorite electronic device! Learn more about QuakerQuaker podcasting.
Religion prof Stephen Prothero tells Colbert about Friends, who liken us to a ride on a city bus. Watch the video and read the latest responses from Twitter!
Quaker Beliefs/Groups
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Plainness & Simplicity
182 members
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Convergent Friends
144 members
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Christianity
149 members
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Friends and the Bible
81 members
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Michigan Convergent
4 members
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Quaker Videos
Forum
Parenting as a Friend 9 Replies
Started by Lauren Smith in Quaker Talk. Last reply by Mackenzie 22 hours ago.
Convergence Movement/ The purpose of Quaker Quaker 104 Replies
Started by Karen Mercer in Quaker Talk. Last reply by Karen Mercer 2nd month 2.
The Ultimate Forgiveness 1 Reply
Started by Aaron Clark in Quaker Talk. Last reply by Aaron J Levitt 2nd month 1.
Language as Idolatry 4 Replies
Started by Aaron J Levitt in Quaker Talk. Last reply by Aaron J Levitt 1st month 31.
The pope speaks of silence in a digital age
Started by Virginia J in Quaker Talk 1st month 28.
Blogs
The purity of clearness in community
Posted by Cathy Barney on 2nd mo. 11, 2012 at 2:57pm
Quiet giant
Posted by Cathy Barney on 2nd mo. 11, 2012 at 2:54pm
Daily Bible Reading: Deuteronomy 33-34 and 1 Corinthians 6
Posted by Irene Lape on 2nd mo. 11, 2012 at 8:14am
Called Out, Called In: Maggie Harrison's Loving Challenge
Posted by Victoria Pearson on 2nd mo. 10, 2012 at 10:30pm
Daily Bible Reading: Deuteronomy 32 and 1 Corinthians 5
Posted by Irene Lape on 2nd mo. 10, 2012 at 9:07am
Quaker Gatherings
2nd mo. 10
6th day (Fri)
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Reading Early Friends: Francis Howgill
2nd mo. 11, 2012 at 6pm to 3rd mo. 10, 2012 at 7pm – online
2nd mo. 13
2nd day (Mon)
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Low Carbon Living
2nd mo. 13, 2012 at 6pm to 2nd mo. 17, 2012 at 7pm – Quaker Community
3rd mo. 3
7th day (Sat)
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2012 ESR Spirituality Gathering
3rd mo. 3, 2012 from 8am to 4:30pm – Earlham School of Religion
3rd mo. 30
6th day (Fri)
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2012 ESR Willson Lectures
3rd mo. 30, 2012 at 7pm to 3rd mo. 31, 2012 at 2pm – Earlham School of Religion
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Karen Mercer replied to Elin Hagberg's discussion 'Plain babies and children' in the group Plainness & Simplicity
I wish I could have homeschooled, but here it was not permitted to me by law. School choice is only permitted to two parent families that can afford for one to stay home.
I don't know what clothing is like where you are but it should be…
Convergent Friends
A movement seeking a deeper understanding of our Quaker heritage and a more authentic community life. Tag: convergent
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Elin Hagberg replied to Elin Hagberg's discussion 'Plain babies and children' in the group Plainness & Simplicity
Thanks for your gratulations and your input.
Homeschooling is by virtue of our new curriculum very hard, something I even as a teacher am very critical about. I think that most people do not understand that there are many pros to it and think it is…
Called Out, Called In: Maggie Harrison's Loving Challenge
There is a prophet in our midst, and her name is Maggie Harrison. Rousing many like fire, making my skin itch at being possibly excluded from this club that I don't even belong to, really (when asked if I am a Quaker, I always respond, 'Not yet.'), but want to think I can put on and off like so much-- clothing?And, nakedness. Taking off the mantle of Religious Identity, making space for the un-knowingness of living INTO something, removing armor and scaffold and hard won (or not so hard won)…See More
Blog post by Victoria Pearson
Caroline Gulian replied to Elin Hagberg's discussion 'Plain babies and children' in the group Plainness & Simplicity
First of all, Mazel Tov! Prayers to your pregnancy, may it be a healthy, happy event in your life.
With my children, I have raised them with my beliefs, explained why I dress Plain for worship, and leave them with what I have taught in hopes…
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