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Started this discussion. Last reply by Gene Hillman 1st month 26. 4 Replies 0 Likes
In another posting I very awkwardly responded with a question that really had nothing to do with the Friend’s statement, but was an immediate and off topic response to an issue that I have pondered…Continue
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David Nelson Seaman commented on Randy Oftedahl's blog post 'What Divides Us and What Unites Us'"Thank you Friend Randy, for bringing God back into this issue. I often shudder to think that any one can fully discern the will of God in all matters, and this issue sparks a lightening rod of discernments that transcend all…"
Stephanie Stuckwisch commented on Randy Oftedahl's blog post 'What Divides Us and What Unites Us'"Very well said...or written."
Stephanie Stuckwisch commented on Randy Oftedahl's blog post 'When God was an atheist'"Thank you for this post. It give words to something that I've been wordlessly mulling over."
Clem Gerdelmann commented on Randy Oftedahl's blog post 'What Divides Us and What Unites Us'"Thankyou, Friend, for pointing Quakers back to our roots in the prophetic calling. It's my understanding that the basic prophetic message as found in the Bible can be summed up as 'Humankind's thinking is not God's thinking…"
What Divides Us and What Unites Us
Like many Friends I watched the realignment proceedings of Indiana Yearly Meeting over the past couple years with a mixture of concern, confusion, consternation, and a strong sense that it is really none of my business. It’s like any divisive issue in the Christian church; we want to dismiss what we may perceive to be petty bickering in “our larger community” (the community of faith), but when it happens in our own little Religious Society of Friends, it’s coming into the extended family. …See More
"Thank you, Friend Paula.
I don't think the point I was trying to make was that Jesus "doubted" in the sense that we might, for example, believe God is no longer there. But that would not mean His sense of abandonment was not…"
"Friend Howard;
You raise many interesting points here, as do all the Friends who have commented. I agree that sometimes it seems that we focus too much attention on trying to maintain an institution for our own purposes rather than trying to be the…"
Paula Deming commented on Randy Oftedahl's blog post 'When God was an atheist'"Very interesting, Randy. I really like what you have written and plan to spend some more time with it.
Nevertheless, my first thoughts go back to the time several years ago when Time magazine published a story about Mother Teresa's long dry…"
Howard Brod commented on Randy Oftedahl's blog post 'When God was an atheist'"Thank you Randy for this beautiful and meaningful consideration of Jesus' crucifixion experience.
By sharing your reasoning pattern here, you have brought to my mind that God's love and understanding and grace are always beaming through…"
When God was an atheist
When the world shook and the sun was wiped out of heaven, it was not at the crucifixion, but at the cry from the cross: the cry which confessed that God was forsaken of God. And now let the revolutionists choose a creed from all the creeds and god from all the gods of the world, carefully weighing all the gods of the world, carefully weighing all the gods of inevitable recurrence and of unalterable power. They will not find another god who has himself been in revolt. Nay (the matter grows too…See More
"Thank you, Friend James. You speak my mind.
I agree there seems to be a growing Spirit moving us toward greater Love. There is an excitement in love-centred evangelists like Rob Bell and Shane Claibourne, the "emerging…"
"Friend Stephanie;
I've never heard that phrase before, "listening in tounges". That's wonderful!
May we all be given the gift of Listening in Tounges.
Peace and Hope!
"
"Friend Rich;
Your statement that you do not see Jesus as "the leader of a faction and doesn't want me (/us) to start acting like a partisan" speaks my mind. I am reminded of a statement by the brilliant social…"
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What Divides Us and What Unites Us
Posted on 5th mo. 17, 2013 at 9:00am 4 Comments 0 Likes
Like many Friends I watched the realignment proceedings of Indiana Yearly Meeting over the past couple years with a mixture of concern, confusion, consternation, and a strong sense that it is really none of my business. It’s like any divisive issue in the Christian church; we want to dismiss what we may perceive to be petty bickering in “our larger community” (the community of faith), but when it happens in our own little Religious Society of Friends, it’s…
When God was an atheist
Posted on 5th mo. 10, 2013 at 9:56am 4 Comments 0 Likes
When the world shook and the sun was wiped out of heaven, it was not at the crucifixion, but at the cry from the cross: the cry which confessed that God was forsaken of God. And now let the revolutionists choose a creed from all the creeds and god from all the gods of the world, carefully weighing all the gods of the world, carefully weighing all the gods of inevitable recurrence and of unalterable power. They will not find another god who has himself been in revolt. Nay (the matter grows…
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Posted on 2nd mo. 13, 2013 at 10:17am 9 Comments 2 Likes
I love the Quaker Way. Though perhaps love is not the right word - I 'm not sure we should ever "love" a created thing, and for all its depth and beauty, Quakerism is a created thing. What I mean to say is that in my understanding of Quaker life I have - somehow, someway, to some extent - come to find God. One day in early September 1987 I had a mystical experience. In a state of depression and hopelessness I sat alone in a small woods when suddenly what I can only describe as a Divine…
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- At 8:29pm on 9th mo. 26, 2012,
Timothy Bruffy said… Hello, Friend Randy!
Welcome! Thanks for adding me as thy Friend. Trust all is well with thee.
Blessings to thee,
Timothy
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Howard Brod commented on Doug Bennett's blog post 'Biblical Inerrancy Watch: the Evangelical Free Church of America'"Just a point of clarification in defense of liberal Quakers. I have traveled within those…"
Micah Bales on the measure of success for religious fellowship
The upside-down kingdom of Jesus is hard for a lot of folks to accept, especially those of us who… See More
R.H. Francis O'Hara replied to R.H. Francis O'Hara's discussion 'Near Geneva, New York ? Come walk in a Friendly manner....(1of 2)'"HOT OFF THE PRESS...PATRIOTISM is the theme of the May 2013 SPARK http://www.nyym.org
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