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Alice M Yaxley commented on Sara Wolcott's blog post 'That harsh fire of truth'""... the 'spirit' of worship should never leave a good BM."
Very much so! Business Meeting is a time we get to practice worshipping together in the things we have to deal with. Do your clerks ask for a moment of worship together…"
Sara Wolcott commented on Sara Wolcott's blog post 'That harsh fire of truth'"@Forest: Great to see some of your thoughts. I actually think experimenting is great. I think we get too serious too often - I certainly do. I think that falling into silence throughout BM is a very, very good idea. Or, perhaps, song. the…"
Sara Wolcott commented on Sara Wolcott's blog post 'That harsh fire of truth'"Thanks for saying something!
And let me just be clear - I think that experimenting with meeting for business is a wonderful thing. i think bringing together worship and business is great. It was a) the way it was done/introduced and b) the…"
"Business meetings at my Meeting have been askew for a very long time; probably this is the common condition of a great many Meetings, and yours tried to "fix" it via a change in technique.
First of all, there is a tendency among many…"
Sara Wolcott posted a blog postThat harsh fire of truth
Brighton Meeting is having some difficulties with Meeting for Worship on the Occaision of Business. As in, they can't figure out how to integrate business with Worship. You know, the whole point of BM.Today they did something different. And it shook me to my core. It was as painful as.... anything. So I'm writing about it to you guys as a form of a, this hurt! 'please share this with me'. You know, the way we've been doing for hundreds of years. First: I love this meeting. And I love God. But,…See More
Stephanie Stuckwisch commented on Sara Wolcott's blog post 'the harsh truth and the cheerful order'"Thank you for sharing your poem.
I can't remember the source, but I read that when Fox said "answering that of God," he meant challenging that of God in the other person to help bring them to an immediate experience of the Light."
"Well, then, there she is! But I'm not sure the line divisions work well. "Inspired" doesn't mean "Doesn't need more work," [Alas!]
Not "speaking truth to Power" (who after all, doesn't want to…"
Sara Wolcott posted a blog postthe harsh truth and the cheerful order
(I wrote this poem after reading George Fox's letter to Friends from which the famous phrase 'walk cheerfully' comes. it is an amazing piece of writing. I've mixed up the phrases quite a bit.) The founder of my faithdid not merely say,'walk cheerfully over the earth'.The Fox said,'walk cheerfully over the earth....spare no deceit. Lay the sword upon it;go over it....Spare no place,no word, no pen;be a terrorto the adversaries of Godand a dread;answering that of God in them all.Ye have the…See More
Paula Deming commented on Sara Wolcott's blog post 'Preparing for Meeting for Worship'"Thank thee for this, Sara."
Sara Wolcott posted a blog postPreparing for Meeting for Worship
Come prepared for Meeting for Worship. This is the advise that we are given. Great. But what does it mean? Slowly, I am coming to learn more of what it means for me to do that. There are certain things I know it means - making sure my body and clothes are clean, that I've had breakfast. It's important that I have walked or biked- some kind of stretching my body, and getting in touch with my physical self, as it is through my physical self that I hear and feel the Holy Spirit. I try to make…See More
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Sara Wolcott posted a blog postMinistry - already there?
I post here a small piece of ministry I gave this past Sunday - in part because I want to honour the rich community of friends that lead to whatever ministry I give, both in and out of Meeting for Worship.This one is meaningful to me in part because here in the UK, singing is very unusual. I regularly sing in meeting for worship, and consider it to be both a terrifying and liberating act that I am priveledged to get to do. Friends here have loved my singing (quite common in my (unprogrammed)…See More
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- Passionate about the Great Transition into the Beloved Community. I still consider Strawberry Creek Monthly Meeting in CA my home meeting, but I'm a far flung strawberry, participating and ministring at Brighton Friends meeting in the UK. Current practical theology: Quakerly 12 steppin' queer Celtic Christianity laced with some basic buddhist practices and Daoist divinations.
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Social Media, Privacy and Quaker Experience
Posted on 1st mo. 21, 2012 at 8:44am 1 Comment 0 Likes
So that last blog I wrote about a recent experience at Brighton Meeting's experiments with BM has gotten some great attention - and raised some critical questions about social media and Quaker experience.
The blog was passed around to other members of Brighton Meeting. I must admit - I did not forsee that happening which…
Continue 'glory to you for what you have hidden from us'
Posted on 1st mo. 20, 2012 at 10:10am 0 Comments 0 Likes
I'm sitting at my desk at the University, a deadline breathing down my neck, a very grey sky outside, and memories of one of those 'did I really do that' encounters last night. (Nothing really 'bad', just a pattern I keep say I'm trying to change.) In other words - I have nooooo wish to show up to my work. I'd rather go back to bed.
So I turned on my chant-music. One of the blessings was 'Glory to you for what you have hidden from us, oh gracious love.... when your fierce…
Continue That harsh fire of truth
Posted on 1st mo. 15, 2012 at 8:19pm 5 Comments 0 Likes
Brighton Meeting is having some difficulties with Meeting for Worship on the Occaision of Business. As in, they can't figure out how to integrate business with Worship. You know, the whole point of BM.
Today they did something different. And it shook me to my core. It was as painful as.... anything. So I'm writing about it to you guys as a form of a, this hurt! 'please share this with me'. You know, the way we've been doing for hundreds of years.
First: I love this…
Continue the harsh truth and the cheerful order
Posted on 6th mo. 24, 2011 at 12:46pm 2 Comments 1 Like
(I wrote this poem after reading George Fox's letter to Friends from which the famous phrase 'walk cheerfully' comes. it is an amazing piece of writing. I've mixed up the phrases quite a bit.)
The founder of my faith
did not merely say,
'walk cheerfully over the earth'.
The Fox said,
'walk cheerfully over the earth....
spare no deceit. Lay the sword upon it;
go over it....
Spare no place,
no word,…
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Paula Deming replied to Susann's discussion 'An Oxford Story'"You wrote:
(This sounds confusing, I'm afraid.)
Not at all.
It sounds like you found a lovely…"
Susann replied to Susann's discussion 'An Oxford Story'"So, another sequel (triquel? Quadriquel?) to the story.
I finally went to my local meeting for…"
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thank you so much, I enjoyed reading about your Tolkien angle (or Quaker angle to…"
Susann replied to Susann's discussion 'An Oxford Story'"Dear Paula, thank you for your encouraging words -
it's always wonderful to realize that…"
Irene Lape posted a blog postDaily Old Testament and Early Christian Writings: Numbers 25-26 and Origen's De Principiis: Preface 9-10
Numbers 25 – Israel is encamped at Shittim (at the foot of the mountains in northeaster part of…See More
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…"
Stephanie Stuckwisch commented on Randy Oftedahl's blog post 'What Divides Us and What Unites Us'"Very well said...or written."
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