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Wee Dragon replied to Mackenzie's discussion 'Handmaking' in the group Plainness & Simplicity
I make most of my kids clothes from recyled grown up clothes, felted sweaters, etc... I've started throwing pottery, and plan to use all my own dishes eventually. It definitely is part of simplicity for me, but also something about…
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
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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....
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Hey Wee Dragon nice to see you here how's it going? xx
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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…
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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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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
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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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