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Wee Dragon commented on Laura Katherine's blog post 'Should this be harder?'"I aspire to your experience!!! I bring every ounce of striving and angst in me into everything I do, including my Way or Path! But this may be more tempermental rather than being about Quakerism in any way!! :-)"
Wee Dragon commented on Laura Katherine's blog post 'We Get What We Need, When We Need It'"I loved this so much....thank you for putting it to words."
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Carnival: Rob Bell and the Paradox of Christian Universalism
3/2011 Carnival: Rob Bell and the controversy surrounding his supposed turn toward Christian Universalism.If you write about the topic, bookmark it in Delicious as "quaker.robbell" or post to the comments below.See More
Wee Dragon commented on Forrest Curo's blog post 'Am I a Quaker?'"These are all issues and questions that I have struggled with as well...and maybe without consolation to you, I ended up finding a different place for a spiritual home for our family...although I still consider myself Quaker at heart, and spend most…"
Wee Dragon replied to Paula Roberts's discussion 'I am so done posing!' in the group Plainness & Simplicity"Sounds like you had a major appointment with G-d this morning. I'm taking notes from your meeting too, as I was tossing and turning last night thinking similar thoughts...but did not wake up with any positive answers. Thanks for sharing that."
Wee Dragon left a comment for Alice M Yaxley"Hey Alice...lurking back again after the latest esoteric crisis! Good to see even more faces than a few months ago! Hope you are well...."
Alice M Yaxley left a comment for Wee Dragon"Hey Wee Dragon nice to see you here how's it going? xx"
Pieter-Jan left a comment for Wee Dragon"Hejsan du!
So you have Lubavitcher background! Thats exciting...Ive been running a project for the Antwerp city council a few years back, focusing on interfaith community building and religious diversity. My hometown Antwerp has a real shtetl with…"
Wee Dragon left a comment for Pieter-Jan"Hejsan/Salut!
Great question about Orthodox Judaism. I was mostly involved with the Chabad variety...which as you probably know holds tightly to the mystical/kabbalistic teachings of Judaism. For me, a non-mystical approach to Judaism (or…"
Pieter-Jan left a comment for Wee Dragon"Hi!
Just wanted to say that I discovered your blog yesterday and really like your writings!
I couldn't help wondering how your background in orthodox judaism relates to your Quaker life?
I myself am a Belgiuan from Antwerp originally, and I…"
Wee Dragon replied to Kristen McLewin's discussion 'Needing community support' in the group Family Life and Parenting"I can relate to the feeling of needing to attend to one child while the other two get kind of left to fend for themselves...I have three little ones, and I stay home with them full-time. I try to remember that it will never be perfect, and that just…"
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- At 9:48am on 6th mo. 3, 2010,
Pastor Samuel Muderhwa said… - Dear Wee
thanks so much for your good word.
Samuel
- At 6:22pm on 3rd mo. 27, 2010, Alice M Yaxley said…
- Hey Wee Dragon nice to see you here how's it going? xx
- At 11:14am on 10th mo. 20, 2009, Pieter-Jan said…
- Hejsan du!
So you have Lubavitcher background! Thats exciting...Ive been running a project for the Antwerp city council a few years back, focusing on interfaith community building and religious diversity. My hometown Antwerp has a real shtetl with dozens of small chassidic branches. I have vivid memories of chassids dancing Simchat Torah in the streets when I was a child. We just thought it looked cool back then ;)
During my work there I got to know Chabad very well, and I really like their incredibly modern and intellectual ways of presenting Kabbalistic Judaism. I regularly read articles from the Chabad website. I even got the opportunity a couple of times to eat Shabbos dinner Friday night at a local Rebbes house. This has been one of the strongest spiritual experiences I have had the last years. I true Chabad style, he was very keen on sharing his views on Shechinah, Tzimtzum, and so on...
I have been exploring mysticism of various traditions since many years and I also believe it is the true heart of religion. I was lucky to grow up attending a Jesuit school where we also learned about Juan de la Cruz, Edith Stein, Meister Eckhart and the likes. My Asian Studies background got me into a rather profound encounter with the mystical dimensions of Islam, and it never stopped since. To me the Quaker path was a everyday practical mysticism, sort of a logical endpoint when I rediscovered my christian roots. I have the feeling I would like to talk on many things with you. Looking forward to it! Thanks for adding me as Friend!
PJ
By the way you have a very cute daughter. How old is she? I myself have a 10-month old girl called Mika.
- At 8:35pm on 10th mo. 19, 2009,
Lindsay said… - I know... very far away for now! I hope that doesn't disappoint you too much :)
- At 8:29pm on 10th mo. 19, 2009, Pieter-Jan said…
- Hi!
Just wanted to say that I discovered your blog yesterday and really like your writings!
I couldn't help wondering how your background in orthodox judaism relates to your Quaker life?
I myself am a Belgiuan from Antwerp originally, and I have been in close contact with some communities there a few years ago (mostly Chabad, Belzer, and some modern-orthodox).
In Light
- At 1:32pm on 7th mo. 30, 2009,
LG said… - Correction -- I meant to type, "The Quakers in America" as the title.
- At 1:28pm on 7th mo. 30, 2009, LG said…
- Rebecca --
I've found the book, "Friends in America" by Thomas D. Hamm (Columbia University Press, 2003; ISBN 0231123639) to be useful when sorting out the histories of the various contemporary groups that identify themselves as Quakers.
In Friendship,
--L
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Stephanie Stuckwisch commented on N. Jeanne Burns's blog post 'What of God's Law?'"Nearly 20 years ago, my meeting decided to take marriages under our care based on the relationship…"
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