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Karen - I am right there with you being comforted by my plainness. I have been wearing my head covering since January of this year. It has been an emotional roller coaster and very challenging to me!…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Isabel Penraeth 4th month 12.
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The word "discipline" in our society has come to mean something negative, harsh, and that's not the origin of the word at all. To…"
Jenna Caruthers replied to Barbara Smith's discussion 'Plain dress ups and downs' in the group Plainness & Simplicity"Patrick,
It's enlightening to read the journal on http://www.littlebrowndress.com/brown_dress_journal.htm/. It makes more sense if you scroll to the bottom of the page and read them in order. Alex Martin sewed her…"
Mackenzie replied to Barbara Smith's discussion 'Plain dress ups and downs' in the group Plainness & Simplicity"The other one was over here: http://www.quakerquaker.org/forum/topics/the-discipline-of-covering
You posted in Quaker Talk which is the generic forum. I spotted it in the activity sidebar on the QQ homepage, but you should also be able to see…"
Karen Hofbauer replied to Barbara Smith's discussion 'Plain dress ups and downs' in the group Plainness & Simplicity"Yes, Barbara, I've had very similar thoughts and feelings as well. One of the most confusing things for me when I was thinking about covering/feeling very called to do so, was that so many women didn't do it - women that seemed to be…"
Barbara Smith replied to Barbara Smith's discussion 'Plain dress ups and downs' in the group Plainness & Simplicity"Jenna - You understand what I am dealing with! I did not at all mean to imply that I find this a negative discipline!! Very much on the contrary. It is just that all disciplines are hard and of course have negative aspects otherwise they would not…"
"Barb, please don't see your choice as anything negative. Our Muslim sisters make the choice of covering their heads or not, and covering more or not. I know Muslim women who do not wear a head scarf/hijab, and some who do. I…"
Jenna Caruthers replied to Barbara Smith's discussion 'Plain dress ups and downs' in the group Plainness & Simplicity"Oh, Barbara--I can so relate. I've heard those same thoughts bounce around my head, especially about the requirement of "this difficult and visible testimony." Bless you for voicing what's in my head. It does come down to…"
Isabel Penraeth replied to Barbara Smith's discussion 'Plain dress ups and downs' in the group Plainness & Simplicity":)"
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Plain dress ups and downs
I accidentally posted this somewhere else (don't even know where it ended up) so excuse me for re-posting if you have already read it, but I really wanted the plain folks to read it.I have been wearing my head covering since January of this year. It has been an emotional roller coaster and very challenging to me! I feel so led to wear it that I don't feel I have any choice about it - in other words I can't stop wearing it now - but occasionally a voice asks me "what do you think you are doing…See More
Barbara Smith posted a discussionThe Discipline of Covering
Karen - I am right there with you being comforted by my plainness. I have been wearing my head covering since January of this year. It has been an emotional roller coaster and very challenging to me! I feel so led to wear it that I don't feel I have any choice about it - in other words I can't stop wearing it now - but occasionally a voice asks me "what do you think you are doing when no one else is doing the same?" It seems to mock me and encourage me to question the leading, especially the…See More
Alice Bejnar replied to Barbara Smith's discussion 'Why Light of Christ and not just the Light?' in the group Christianity"
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Barbara Smith replied to Barbara Smith's discussion 'Why Light of Christ and not just the Light?' in the group Christianity"Alice - I just wanted to thank you, belatedly, for your post here. What you said about attending another church in addition to Friends struck a note with me and settled the turmoil I have been having about a fellowship we have been involved in for…"
Barbara Smith replied to Barbara Smith's discussion 'Why Light of Christ and not just the Light?' in the group Christianity"Brian - Your experience is very precious to me as it shows that God leads each of us in a totally unique way, and that there is definitely no formula for that awakening to happen. What I now understand is that you don't have to…"
Brian Martin replied to Barbara Smith's discussion 'Why Light of Christ and not just the Light?' in the group Christianity"Hi,
I find this extremely interesting, and I wish to share about some of my spiritual transformations. I come from a background that was fairly anti-christian. Both of my parents had negative experiences with Christianity, and as I became an adult,…"
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