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Alice M Yaxley
Alice M Yaxley
  • Coventry, England
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Starting local worship groups - especially for isolated Friends
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Sheila Spatz 8th month 24, 2009.

Please pray for Britain Yearly Meeting

Started 7th month 22, 2009

Britain Yearly Meeting Gathering 2009
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Alice M Yaxley 7th month 21, 2009.

 

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About Me
I'm the mother of a preschooler, I'm a scientist, and a member of Britain Yearly Meeting. I got into the Quaker blogging network around 2005 when I published a blog, "Public Quaker", whilst I was exploring what might be a call to plain and modest dress.

I've recently finished studying Woodbrooke's Equipping for Ministry course, a two year distance learning programme for any and all Friends to explore a call to any kind of ministry. I have been working in the urban neighbourhood where we live to start a market gardening project run by volunteers.

I think Friends may have something really important to offer in helping each other respond to God's call and escape the marketing/economic growth/war apparatus that is driving us towards extinction. Are we ready to support each other in getting free, staying free, and using our freedom in Christ the right way, to show the way for those who are feeling lost?

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Alice M Yaxley replied to Barbara Smith's discussion 'Untitled' in the group Plainness & Simplicity
Aww bless you Barb! I love it. Especially #7. And #8., #6., #1., #2., and #3. Be of good courage Friend.
4th day (Wed)
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Alice M Yaxley replied to Karen Mercer's discussion 'How much clothing matters' in the group Plainness & Simplicity
Thanks for writing, Karen Mercer. This has been on my mind this week. Been thinking how easy most folks seem to find it to walk past someone in trouble - M. Perks recently wrote: "Early Christians were recognized on the street as such by their…
3rd day (Tue)
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Alice M Yaxley replied to Lauren Smith's discussion 'Parenting as a Friend'
Hello Lauren! I'll be interested to hear what folks say. I like Pendle Hill Pamphlet #396 "God raising us: parenting as spiritual practice" by Eileen Flanagan - a meeting library might have a copy if there's one near you.…
1st month 31
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Alice M Yaxley replied to Joseph Stalnaker's discussion 'Individualism versus Uniformity'
I think we can be in union and not in uniform, and I think that is very Quaker. It might look different on the outside, but when we are honestly following our guide we might still feel the holy unity that embraces us. I think there is a clear call…
1st month 25
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Alice M Yaxley commented on Sara Wolcott's blog post 'That harsh fire of truth'
"... the 'spirit' of worship should never leave a good BM." Very much so! Business Meeting is a time we get to practice worshipping together in the things we have to deal with. Do your clerks ask for a moment of worship together…
1st month 17
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Alice M Yaxley replied to Barbara Smith's discussion 'Self-image, simplicity and change' in the group Plainness & Simplicity
Bless you Barb. Thanks for writing this, I love hearing about your walk with God. I hope I might be able to offer a little hope - I think many folks who have felt nudged towards "plain" have had a long struggle with it for a few years, but…
1st month 14
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Alice M Yaxley commented on Cotswold Quaker's blog post 'Conscientious Objectors Prosecuted in UK.'
The contractor who undertook the UK census last year is a arms manufacturer, Lockheed Martin - bit more here.
1st month 9
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Alice M Yaxley replied to Karen Mercer's discussion 'Convergence Movement/ The purpose of Quaker Quaker'
Dear Cotswold Quaker, I'm sorry you felt my comment was hostile to you. It was not intended as such. Indeed, I don't think it is likely we will all agree across the branches of Friends, on anything at all. I hoped it was clear from my…
1st month 9
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Alice M Yaxley replied to Karen Mercer's discussion 'Convergence Movement/ The purpose of Quaker Quaker'
Dear Friend, I think can be hard for many Friends to recognise that their interpretation of the Quaker way is only one of many - I know that is something I struggled with for many years myself. Your writing, "Cotswold Quaker", comes across…
1st month 4
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Alice M Yaxley replied to Barbara Smith's discussion 'Plain or modest dress, shoes, stockings and leg covering for women?' in the group Plainness & Simplicity
Hello Barbara Smith. I live in a fairly mild climate and seem to dress similarly to you. Leggings, calf-length socks and shoes/boots in winter. In summer the same unless it's too hot in which case I tend to switch to knee-length shorts, as…
1st month 2
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Alice M Yaxley commented on Kevin Camp's blog post 'Addressing Meeting Discipline'
Great to read this thread, as I agree this is a real weakness in our community from my perspective as well in Britain Yearly Meeting. The famous "advices" of the elders who gathered at Balby also lean heavily on Matthew 18. I have a…
12th month 30, 2011
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Alice M Yaxley replied to Joseph Stalnaker's discussion 'A Call to Faithfulness' in the group Plainness & Simplicity
Thanks Joseph, your faithfulness is so beautiful. Aren't the words of friends amazing? The way the light of God they are experiencing just soaks through their words? I think you have really touched on something true about the fear of sharing…
12th month 18, 2011
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Alice M Yaxley replied to Karen Mercer's discussion 'Convergence Movement/ The purpose of Quaker Quaker'
Thanks for your faithfulness, Karen and other Friends writing here. I wanted to seize this opportunity to write a note appreciating the powerful spiritual commitment and sympathizing with the deeply held and painful feelings I am hearing here. I…
12th month 18, 2011
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Alice M Yaxley replied to Paula McConnell's discussion 'Color?' in the group Plainness & Simplicity
Apologies for coming late the the discussion here.I am not sure how useful my comments will be, at least they are a contribution to the picture we are all making together. I have a (brownish-)red dress, it is made from worsted (this is wool spun…
12th month 1, 2011
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Alice M Yaxley commented on Alison Irving's blog post 'Stepping out of the boat'
Amen! Thanks for that thought. xx
11th month 30, 2011
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Alice M Yaxley commented on Kevin-Douglas Olive's blog post 'Going Plain....'
Dear Kevin-Douglas, thanks for writing, your account is very moving. Bless you! Huge sympathy and I am so glad your partner is supportive too. Precious indeed. God bless.
11th month 4, 2011

Stuff I have liked to read recently...

Craig Barnett's essay on the future of Quakers in Britain deserves wide readership I think - I am so glad he has written this stuff.

Brian McLaren's presentation on the Jesus story is great. An invitation to a life lived in liberation from the world's old stories and regimes. A life of transformation -"some of us for all of us".

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Quaker intentional community in the UK - are you interested?

Community Entrance The door is open

for a



New

Quaker

Community



The Quaker Community in Bamford in the Peak District was set up in 1988 with two main aims:

  • to deepen our corporate spiritual experience through daily worship together, and
  • to give more effective expression…
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Posted on 7th mo. 5, 2010 at 3:04am

Alice M Yaxley

Being trained in God's way?

Some thoughts about difficult times. I'm trusting that God makes good from our difficulties if we are able to stay on track with God's guidance.



Galatians Chapter 6:

4-5Make a careful exploration of who you are and the work you have been given, and then sink yourself into that. Don't be impressed with yourself. Don't compare yourself with others. Each of you must take responsibility for doing the creative best you can with your own… Continue

Posted on 5th mo. 17, 2010 at 10:00am — 2 Comments

Alice M Yaxley

Earth stewardship

This post at BibleMonster got me thinking. The hole he identifies in mainstream christian thinking is one I think Quakers can do well at.



... This theology has grown up inside the sin-salvation paradigm of traditional Christian thinking, in which consequences for sin are deferred to after death (for the individual) and to the endtimes, for…

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Posted on 5th mo. 13, 2010 at 12:15pm — 3 Comments

Alice M Yaxley

I love God because he listened to me (Ps 116)



Mark 4 : Jesus Calms the Storm

35That day when evening came, he said to his disciples, "Let us go over to the other side." 36Leaving the crowd behind, they took him along, just as he was, in the boat. There were also other boats with him. 37A furious squall came up, and the waves broke over the boat, so that it was nearly swamped. 38Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. The disciples woke him and said to him, "Teacher, don't you care if we drown?"

39He got up, rebuked… Continue

Posted on 4th mo. 4, 2010 at 2:20am — 2 Comments

Alice M Yaxley

Guest post by Tone - "That of God within all"

Reproduced with the author's permission from Britain Yearly Meeting's web forum. Tone wrote:



When George Fox recorded this phrase, 'answering that of God in everyone' he was in jail in Launceston. He was suffering at the hands of his oppressors. He saw 'that of God' as being repressed in his tormentors, ignored and 'transgressed'. Answering that of God in them was 'spreading the Truth abroad, awakening the witness, confounding deceit, gathering up out of… Continue

Posted on 2nd mo. 5, 2010 at 11:02am — 2 Comments

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At 11:16pm on 8th mo. 22, 2011, marv ostbergmarv ostberg said…
Alice - it is good to hear from you again after several years where I have been involved in other things.  You are still young, but less so than before, eh?  Anyway, yes, I too am aware that some tried to help each other in that horrible Ruwanda slaughter.  I also am aware that there was a background here where one of the 2 main groups had previously abused the other and this was major retaliation.   But in this case there was major help available and the United Nations stood in the way of that help.  It could have been done with very few deaths.  As it was, nearly a million were killed and many more maimed with one of the most low tech weapons around - machettes, designed for agricultural and related work.  I am not criticizing those who helped or tried to help risking their own lives.  I am criticizing those with the ability to help in a major way and either turned their backs on the problem or refused to authorize that help.  Twas the same in Cambodia where over 2 million were killed by the  Pol Pot.
At 3:06am on 7th mo. 28, 2011, Louise TLouise T said…
Hi Alice, your twitter profile reminded me of my seldom used account here! See you later
At 8:15pm on 7th mo. 21, 2011, jamesjames said…

thanks for accepting my friend request.   quaker welcome :)

 

At 6:18pm on 6th mo. 6, 2011, Amelia Anne Schafer-RutherfordAmelia Anne Schafer-Rutherford said…
Alice I justy got back from a workshop for the people running the Children's and Young peoples program at BYMG. I met a young women who is interested in talk to people dress Quaker plain. Could I pass your name onto her?
At 9:13am on 3rd mo. 9, 2011, Phil PettyPhil Petty said…

Hi Alice,

Just wondering if you are planning any gatherings in or around Coventry in the near future?

 

At 4:17pm on 2nd mo. 28, 2011, DebrahDebrah said…

Dear Alice,

Your 'About Me" profile is exactly how I feel and didn't know how to put into words.  It is exactly why I live the way I do as well.

At 10:50am on 2nd mo. 18, 2011, Graham from DevonGraham from Devon said…

No, not a goodbye! Just a rethink as far as internet identity go's.  It' must be a phase or something!!

Goddess & God Bless.

At 12:26pm on 1st mo. 31, 2011, Helen GibbsHelen Gibbs said…

Hi Alice,

Small group but I think growing. I also post on the BYM forum. This place is definately a different flavour - but then being originially of Aotearoa NZ YM, I come from another flavour of tradition!

 

Helen

At 8:07pm on 12th mo. 31, 2010, Jennifer WebbJennifer Webb said…

Hello!  Thank you for the friend request on here!  How nice to see the request!  I saw your conversation with Cotswold Quaker, and was very interested in it.  Interesting insight, thanks for those posts(to both of you)!  May you have a wonderful New Year, sending you love and light!

In peace,

Jen

At 9:31am on 12th mo. 13, 2010, RaynorRaynor said…
Thank you, Alice! I'm loving it so far. I'm sure I have a long way to go, but I feel very happy about it. My meeting has been very welcoming, and the Young Friends group too. ^_^
 
 
 

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Paula Roberts replied to Elin Hagberg's discussion 'Plain babies and children' in the group Plainness & Simplicity
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Zaley Warkentin replied to Elin Hagberg's discussion 'Plain babies and children' in the group Plainness & Simplicity
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