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7th mo. 2009 Blog Posts (14)
More about my recent dream of NYYM
At the risk of over-analyzing it, I have written some more about my recent dream and the responses of Friends who read my original post about it. See my new post here.
Added by Rich Accetta-Evans on 7th mo. 31, 2009 at 4:20pm — No Comments
The Christian Thing (or Long Live the Christian Left!)
Though I am an ex-Christian nontheist Quaker, I am committed to accepting and promoting the Christian norms of liberal Quakerism. Some Quakers see a renewal of the Christian character of Quakerism as a survival necessity. Christians are the majority in our culture and if liberal Quakers are going to grow, they reason, the largest pool of potential new Quakers are Christians.
My own take on this is that in our majority Christian culture, there is an immense need for progressive… Continue
My own take on this is that in our majority Christian culture, there is an immense need for progressive… Continue
Added by Charley Earp on 7th mo. 31, 2009 at 1:15am — 2 Comments
Toby Jacobrown files suit against the Selective Service System
My cousin has just filed suit against the selective service system and it was written up in the Washington Post today. He does a good job of presenting his case in a video post on the site so I will let him do the talking. I hope that we in the online Quaker community can think of ways that we can make this issue more publicly recognized through Toby's action. Do you agree with how he's going about it? Not? Give him support or suggestion on his site below.
Dear friend,
I… Continue
Dear friend,
I… Continue
Added by Evan on 7th mo. 30, 2009 at 1:33am — 2 Comments
Strangers in a strange land
I recently managed to find a copy of Jessamyn West's A Quaker Reader, a collection of all kinds of classic (and more unusual) Quaker texts by one of my favourite authors. I've been reading a lengthy extract from George Fox's Journal, and these few sentences struck me very forcibly:
...as I was walking upon the top of the bank there came…
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Added by Heather Cawte on 7th mo. 27, 2009 at 7:22pm — No Comments
My dream about Yearly Meeting
I recently posted an entry on my Brooklyn Quaker blog about a dream I had concerning New York Yearly Meeting. The URL is here:
http://brooklynquaker.blogspot.com/2009/07/my-dream-about-yearly-meeting.html
(Please ignore the grammatical typos).
http://brooklynquaker.blogspot.com/2009/07/my-dream-about-yearly-meeting.html
(Please ignore the grammatical typos).
Added by Rich Accetta-Evans on 7th mo. 27, 2009 at 4:00pm — No Comments
"Bridging ALERT"
One Minute for Peace BRIDGING ALERT!
The Bridge Film Festival and the American Friends Service Committee are excited to announce a new "Bridge" for this year's festival. In connection with the AFSC's One Minute for Peace Campaign, all PSA's submitted to this year's Bridge Film Festival that… Continue
The Bridge Film Festival and the American Friends Service Committee are excited to announce a new "Bridge" for this year's festival. In connection with the AFSC's One Minute for Peace Campaign, all PSA's submitted to this year's Bridge Film Festival that… Continue
Added by Andrew Swartley Cohen on 7th mo. 22, 2009 at 7:46am — No Comments
Obey Jesus Christ or the Government
Obey Jesus Christ or the Government
By Tony Soldo
All true Christians must disconnect themselves from all organized groups of men who's purpose is to control, judge, punish, interfere with, other men. This includes all governments, business corporations, and even religions.
The only form of government that true Christians submit themselves to is the Kingdom of Heaven, which true Christians are citizens of, and Jesus Christ is the only authority and King, and Jesus commands… Continue
By Tony Soldo
All true Christians must disconnect themselves from all organized groups of men who's purpose is to control, judge, punish, interfere with, other men. This includes all governments, business corporations, and even religions.
The only form of government that true Christians submit themselves to is the Kingdom of Heaven, which true Christians are citizens of, and Jesus Christ is the only authority and King, and Jesus commands… Continue
Added by Tony Soldo on 7th mo. 22, 2009 at 1:03am — 3 Comments
Peacemaking & Trinitarian Communion
I should give credit to "Quaker Oats Live" blogger Cherice for inspiring me to write on this topic.
For the past two years I have been involved with the Christian and Interfaith Relations Committee (CIRC) of FGC. As I visited various program committees of FGC Central Committee, I found that the sorts of business and discussions being carried out by CIRC excited and nourished me deeply.
(To disclose my personal biases, I will mention that I was born a Pentecostal, converted… Continue
For the past two years I have been involved with the Christian and Interfaith Relations Committee (CIRC) of FGC. As I visited various program committees of FGC Central Committee, I found that the sorts of business and discussions being carried out by CIRC excited and nourished me deeply.
(To disclose my personal biases, I will mention that I was born a Pentecostal, converted… Continue
Added by Charley Earp on 7th mo. 17, 2009 at 2:00am — 9 Comments
come along! 5-6 pm, 16th of July, Trafalgar Square, or look on the 'One and Other' site.
POEM for those left standing...
'I am a person stuck with unrequested labels, Northern, female
Short-sighted, red-haired, maladroit
I worked for others, as a student, parent, activist, poet
Some labels I aspired to: Quaker, world traveller, true artist, cook
And others came from cruel authority,
Dispensed regardless…’too disabled’... to be me
That closed some minor official’s little book
Upon my whole life’s purpose…
But I live for human rights… Continue
'I am a person stuck with unrequested labels, Northern, female
Short-sighted, red-haired, maladroit
I worked for others, as a student, parent, activist, poet
Some labels I aspired to: Quaker, world traveller, true artist, cook
And others came from cruel authority,
Dispensed regardless…’too disabled’... to be me
That closed some minor official’s little book
Upon my whole life’s purpose…
But I live for human rights… Continue
Added by Rosemary Rimmer-Clay on 7th mo. 12, 2009 at 10:13am — 5 Comments
Poem for those left standing
POEM for those left standing...
'I am a person stuck with unrequested labels, Northern, female
Short-sighted, red-haired, maladroit
I worked for others, as a student, parent, activist, poet
Some labels I aspired to: Quaker, world traveller, true artist, cook
And others came from cruel authority,
Dispensed regardless…’too disabled’... to be me
That closed some minor official’s little book
Upon my whole life’s purpose…
But I live for human rights… Continue
'I am a person stuck with unrequested labels, Northern, female
Short-sighted, red-haired, maladroit
I worked for others, as a student, parent, activist, poet
Some labels I aspired to: Quaker, world traveller, true artist, cook
And others came from cruel authority,
Dispensed regardless…’too disabled’... to be me
That closed some minor official’s little book
Upon my whole life’s purpose…
But I live for human rights… Continue
Added by Rosemary Rimmer-Clay on 7th mo. 12, 2009 at 9:58am — 2 Comments
Link to NY Times Article on Pope Benedict's New Encyclical
The Encyclical is entitled "Caritas et Veritate" which the Times translates as "Charity in Truth". I would have thought it meant "Love and Truth". Anyway, it has to do with economic justice. Seems like a good thing.
The Times Article is Pope Urges New World Economic Order
The Times Article is Pope Urges New World Economic Order
Added by Rich Accetta-Evans on 7th mo. 7, 2009 at 1:47pm — 3 Comments
The Root of the Conflict
Christianity as a belief system is strongly focused on believing as a matter of... loyalty, "keeping the faith" so to speak.
This sets up a discordant situation between believers and disbelievers; it's probably a mistake to locate any resulting 'hostility' within one group or another.
They represent threats to one another's world-views, and serious threats at that. The disbeliever can muster the contemporary prestige of scientism, the history of centuries of… Continue
This sets up a discordant situation between believers and disbelievers; it's probably a mistake to locate any resulting 'hostility' within one group or another.
They represent threats to one another's world-views, and serious threats at that. The disbeliever can muster the contemporary prestige of scientism, the history of centuries of… Continue
Added by Forrest Curo on 7th mo. 6, 2009 at 12:23pm — 7 Comments
Sink to the Seed
When I would hear the old Quaker phrase, "sink to the seed," I used to imagine a roomful of old-timey, plain Friends in a wooden meeting house, sitting quietly, and practicing "sinking down." They become quieter and quieter until there is not a sound except for what floats in through the open window on a lush, sunny, early summer day: buzzing of honeybees, snuffle of waiting horse, singing of robin. What an idyllic scene, based almost entirely on what I imagined the outward experience of… Continue
Added by Merry Stanford on 7th mo. 5, 2009 at 10:03pm — No Comments
Progressive Quakerism: A Religious Naturalist Perspective
"It has been our cherished purpose to restore the union between religion and life, and to place works of goodness and mercy far above theological speculations and scholastic subtleties of doctrine." Exposition of Sentiments Adopted by the Pennsylvania Yearly Meeting of Progressive Friends, 1853.
In the 1850s, some Quakers began to dramatically shift their religious orientation from a heavenly to an earthly perspective. The Progressive Friends movement was made up of both… Continue
In the 1850s, some Quakers began to dramatically shift their religious orientation from a heavenly to an earthly perspective. The Progressive Friends movement was made up of both… Continue
Added by Charley Earp on 7th mo. 4, 2009 at 9:23pm — 6 Comments
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