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Quakers have a well-earned reputation for social justice and Christian witness. Tag: witness
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Convergent Friends
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Plainness & Simplicity
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Gilbert George replied to Kirby Snell's discussion 'Question from a Christian investigating Quakerism' in the group Christianity
Hi Kirby,
As someone who came to Quakerism because I was looking for a peace church in my area, I get where you are coming from. One of the things that was very much missing from the denominations I came from was silence. The intentional listening…
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Convergent Friends
A movement seeking a deeper understanding of our Quaker heritage and a more authentic community life. Tag: convergent
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Gilbert George replied to Karen Mercer's discussion 'Separation & Interior Plainness' in the group Plainness & Simplicity
Hi Karen,
Thank you for this. Over the past 10 years I have felt more and more discomfort around movies and many kinds of TV. Your statement: "I avoid a lot of entertainments because I find them overstimulating, they are too loud, too…
Plainness & Simplicity
Some Friends have recently been dubbed the "New Plain" for their experimentation with Quaker plainness and simplicity. Tag: plain
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Gilbert George replied to Rodney Guy Pharris's discussion 'Post-Evangelical Friends?' in the group Christianity
Do you think that this might be because we haven't changed the language we use to talk about the process? While we can work to redeem words, sometimes we need to use different words around those who have had negative/abusive experiences. So…
Gilbert George replied to Rodney Guy Pharris's discussion 'Post-Evangelical Friends?' in the group Christianity
I took History and Polity of the Friends from Carole last summer and read her book. Her description of the morphing of Friend's Holiness from process-centered to event-centered raises some important questions.
Gilbert George replied to Rodney Guy Pharris's discussion 'Post-Evangelical Friends?' in the group Christianity
I think a lot of us are thinking and feeling the way you describe. I would love to see us recover a holiness that is not focused on legalisms, but is instead focused on attitudes of the heart, a holiness that doesn't depend on my ability to be…
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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
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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…
Paula Roberts replied to Elin Hagberg's discussion 'Plain babies and children' in the group Plainness & Simplicity
Congratulations Elin! I don't have children so I'm going to speculate, but I don't think raising your kids differently from other people is going to injure them at all. Of course I am surrounded by people who are doing that very…
Barbara Smith replied to Elin Hagberg's discussion 'Plain babies and children' in the group Plainness & Simplicity
Elin - Congratulations! The bigger question you are raising is how to bring up spiritually healthy children in an unhealthy world! We have nine children and homeschooled all of them right from the start. They are amazing people and I know for a fact…
Mackenzie replied to Lauren Smith's discussion 'Parenting as a Friend'
I'm not a parent, so grain of salt ;)
I maintain the opinion that setting a good example from the earliest age is what's important. Consistent rules probably have the best chance of being followed. That's not to say "when…
Zaley Warkentin replied to Elin Hagberg's discussion 'Plain babies and children' in the group Plainness & Simplicity
My thought would be to provide your child with both options and let them choose day to day...
When I was much younger I was dressed both plain and modern, but as I grew older my parents encouraged me to dress mainstream. In my case, I became more…
Plain babies and children
I am expecting a baby if everything goes well this summer. I just want to hear if there are any thoughts about teaching and showing the plain way to children. The table is open and I just want to hear what you think about this, is it even possible in today's society to raise children like that?As both me and my partner wear mainly clothes of a modern make we will buy 'normal' clothes for our children but try buy a lot of things second hand or try to swap them with others. When our child is a…See More
Elin Hagberg added a discussion to the group Plainness & Simplicity
Daily Bible Reading: Deuteronomy 32 and 1 Corinthians 5
Deuteronomy 32 – The Song of Moses [the number of verses equals the number of letters in the Hebrew alphabet – 23 - times 3. It concludes the teaching books of the Old Testament: “my teaching will fall like drops of rain and form on the earth like dew. My words will fall like showers on young plants, like gentle rain on tender grass” (32:2). From the beginning, the Judeo-Christian vision has been that we humans are here on earth as creations of a “mighty,” “just” and “perfect” God, who seeks…See More
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