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Blog posts about classic Quaker faith and worship and about the "Conservative" Friends tradition which most closely follows early Friends' ways.

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Qr Ranter Martin on the Conservative Friends Gathering 2009

Pictures from this weekend's gathering of Conservative Friends (Quakers), held in Lancaster County PA and hosted by Keystone Fellowship Friends Meeting of Ohio Yearly Meeting Conservative.chrismsf 2009-06-24T19:33:09Z

Mark W on the experiences of convincement of Early Friends

It wasn’t the content of the words that reached William, but their power, and that they answered the divine witness (i.e. “that of God”) within him. After that, he experienced the Light showing him his sins, and over time it changed him.martin_kelley 2009-05-14T13:02:25Z

Wess D on Counsel to the Christian Traveller

When we were at the Convergent Friends weeken. go. copy of “Counsel to the Christian-Traveller: Also Meditations and Experiences” by William Shewen. It is an early Quaker text that was originally published in London in 1683, Shewen was among the early prominent London Friends. He got started a. writer while engaged i. pamphlet war with the Baptist Jeremish Ives in 1674 (6). Shewen’s collection of writings has been reprinted by Charles Mar

Martin K interviews Ohio YM's Raye Hodgson on electronic outreach

An interview with Raye Hodgson of Ohio Yearly Meeting's Electronic Outreach Committee.martin_kelley 2009-03-21T15:38:08Z

Video: Bible Reading in the Manner of Conservative Friends

Charles Martin explains the history and mechanics of this worship technique.martin_kelley 2009-02-24T02:30:49Z

Marshall M on the historical nature of Quaker journals

Friends kept journals "to record the evidence of divine grace working through the writer. It was also the purpose of Calvinists' journals, from long before Quakerism got started through the time of Jonathan Edwards and beyond. The Quaker journal-writing tradition was, in fact, an adaptation of the Calvinist journal-writing tradition. [John] Woolman was working withi. well-established, well-defined Quaker spiritual discipline. There is

Chronicler Seth on everyday saints and a God of undenyable spiritual truth

When we allow the Holy Ghost to live in our hearts, we receive guidance on how to liv. holy life. But let's face facts. There are times when the Lord directs thee to do something that seems difficult, perhaps embarrassing. It is often more difficult to do the things that He asks of us than it is to choose not to. We all know that there are parts of the Lord's personality that we cannot access because of our own lack of spiritual depth

LizOpp's reply on theological diversity and using our own language of love

But what mattered in that split second was that to my friend, she cared about the language she used to express her love of me i. way that was meaningful to both her and her friend. And she gave m. great compliment by using language that was natural and i. sense native to her, rather than changing it to "make me comfortable."martin_kelley 2008-12-26T21:59:30Z

Mark W with an earlier reading of "That of God" and the Peace Testimony

While it speaks of how we treat others, it still maintains the inward workings of "that of God", and also speaks of our own personal transformation, since he is basically saying "I have been transformed by Christ already. would die before denying another person that opportunity."martin_kelley 2008-10-22T14:33:05Z

Emerging Diana on Convergent Friends

A problem--perhaps THE problem--confronting both the emerging church and Christ-centered Quakerism--is how to be inclusive towards people who don't share the core beliefs without either alienating them or watering down the faith. fear that Quakerism is going to go away because they've elevated being conformed to the society over the faith. believe that, unless all of these bodies start more firmly embracing their Christian core, the

Chronicler Seth on Sharing Spiritual Fruits

There are important parallels to spiritual fruit and physical fruit. Sometimes in conversation, someone will say something with the spiritual meaning of “Hey, come and taste this persimmon. Thee has not ha. persimmon like this one!” Thee can hold it and know it by its skin and shape. When biting into it, its flesh provides thee spiritual nourishment. Inside are the seed. Natural seed hold the DNA of the tree, but spiritual seed have the DNA of

Liz Opp reports on Iowa YM (C) 2008

So if Iowa Friends hold that when we come to worship, we can expect that we'll be changed by the Spirit, how would you say you've been changed this year at sessions, Liz?robinmohr 2008-08-10T02:29:18Z

Valiant Micah finishes his grand Quaker tour w/ Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative)

In particular. noticed that the meetings for business were slower, beginning with between twenty and thirty minutes of open worship, and carrying significant periods of silence between items.martin_kelley 2008-08-07T15:18:00Z

Video: Quakers and Discovering the Bible (Part 1 of 5)

Fro. Conservative Quaker perspectivemartin_kelley 2008-07-05T17:52:31Z

YouTube: A personal introduction to Conservative Friends

Having nothing to do with the political definition of the Rush Limbaugh conservativism, Conservative Quakers are one of th. branches of the Religious Society of Friends. The speaker considers hersel. "rowdy Conservative Friend".martin_kelley 2008-06-03T17:32:51Z

YouTube: Quakers: Woolly-minded liberals?

A British Friend give. video response t. recent editorial.martin_kelley 2008-04-30T20:28:36Z

Quakerthink Kevin with the scary tale of the Curse of the "Early Friends"

The problem with the Curse of the Early Friends is that very soon it seems to becom. metric. canon, an instant tool for assessing the validity of an assertion. Folks, not one of the Early Friends ever experience. flush toilet, either.martin_kelley 2008-02-26T16:21:06Z