"Here's something I tried last week:
I smile.
It might sound forced, fake, trite. I like it. I smile for the whole hour. Not a big smile, a little one, whatever's comfortable. Negative thoughts start coming, I smile at them.
I let…"
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David S. commented on David S.'s blog post 'I'm Convinced'"I did church crawl the next week. I went to a yuppy church near my apartment. This is one of those churches were there's one old couple, but everyone else is 20-30 somethings. The opening hymns were played by a rock band. I had to give them…"
David S. commented on David S.'s blog post 'I'm Convinced'"I went to the meeting the next week. I couldn't resist. Those three hours I'd spent at meeting the week before had been the shortest of my life. I felt completely at home. I had read everything I could find on the internet about the…"
David S. commented on David S.'s blog post 'I'm Convinced'"I'm considering expanding this blog a bit.
One day, I conceived the idea of doing a church crawl - a trip to a different church every week. After much hemming and hawing, I managed to drag a friend along. We went to a Catholic church in an up…"
David S. posted a blog postI'm Convinced
Hi everyone,This blog will be documenting my Quaker life, such as it is. I'm not really a Quaker - my parents aren't, and really, I've just been to one meeting in my life. But I was impressed.This blog will be the thoughts I care to share - perhaps my attempt to clarify my own thinking. It may not be very sociable or agreeable to read. It's hard to say.I have a background in philosophy of science, history, and applying that to philosophy of religion and other things. I also do work related to…See More
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I'm Convinced
Hi everyone,
This blog will be documenting my Quaker life, such as it is. I'm not really a Quaker - my parents aren't, and really, I've just been to one meeting in my life. But I was impressed.
This blog will be the thoughts I care to share - perhaps my attempt to clarify my own thinking. It may not be very sociable or agreeable to read. It's hard to say.
I have a background in philosophy of science, history, and applying that to philosophy of religion and other… Continue
This blog will be documenting my Quaker life, such as it is. I'm not really a Quaker - my parents aren't, and really, I've just been to one meeting in my life. But I was impressed.
This blog will be the thoughts I care to share - perhaps my attempt to clarify my own thinking. It may not be very sociable or agreeable to read. It's hard to say.
I have a background in philosophy of science, history, and applying that to philosophy of religion and other… Continue
Posted on 5th mo. 1, 2009 at 12:25am — 7 Comments
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- At 1:08pm on 5th mo. 1, 2009,
Elizabeth Bullock-Rest said… - I smiled, David, when I read you are not really a Quaker "just been to one meeting." Lots of us in the Religious Society of Friends were walking around as Friends but just don't know it until we found ourSelves in silent meeting for worship, in the Presence, bathed in the Inner Light.
So welcome, Friend. I look forward to what you have to say in your blog. It is a pleasure to have you with us on this spiritual journey: to a sacred place within which brings the best outside.
Shalom, Peace, Salaam,
Elizabeth
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