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12th mo. 2009 Blog Posts (13)
The waiting is over, now what?
It was May when I last posted, "what to do while waiting." Well the waiting is over. We finally sold our home and moved to Oregon and our new life-episode has begun. So what else did I do while waiting? Not much. I went to work, got through all the moving activities, processed my goodbyes and grief, agonized over the changes and newness. Sometimes, "remaining" in God is enough workby itself along with the rest of what life is handing you.
I am not sorry to see 2009 fade into… Continue
I am not sorry to see 2009 fade into… Continue
Added by Deb Buerkle on 12th mo. 31, 2009 at 4:18pm — No Comments
I love new year's resolutions
Yeah, yeah, some folks love 'em, some folks hate 'em. I am in the first group. I feel the societal pressures, and we are now in the post-climax time, the interregnum between the huge hype of Christmas and the quiet resumption of day-to-day living, with new calendars, in the short dark days of January.
New calendars - literally, turning over a new leaf. So it resonates for me quite wonderfully to think about new goals and old, unfulfilled ones. I will rededicate myself to the old ones… Continue
New calendars - literally, turning over a new leaf. So it resonates for me quite wonderfully to think about new goals and old, unfulfilled ones. I will rededicate myself to the old ones… Continue
Added by Madeleine Cadbury Brown on 12th mo. 29, 2009 at 6:26pm — No Comments
another new Quaker blog
After enjoying other Friends' blogs for a few years I decided to start one of my own at www.livingasifthetruthwastrue.blogspot.com
I'm working on what the blog title suggests, actually getting my life aligned with my convictions instead of just talking about them. (I find talking much easier.) I've been helped in this process by Friends and friends who had rather different convictions but shared the struggle for faithfulness.… Continue
I'm working on what the blog title suggests, actually getting my life aligned with my convictions instead of just talking about them. (I find talking much easier.) I've been helped in this process by Friends and friends who had rather different convictions but shared the struggle for faithfulness.… Continue
Added by Joanna Hoyt on 12th mo. 27, 2009 at 2:27pm — No Comments
Christmas Morning Mass
Dazzled by gold ornaments
by trees swathed in white lights
and the winter sun piercing
stained glass
with its ice-pure rays
Body and soul vibrating
to the organ’s swell
I sang with the choir and congregation
Superlatives and absolutes
flowed from the liturgy
like wine
from a celestial cask
Gloria to God in the highest
Deum de Deo
Lumen de lumine
Deum verum de Deo vero
Wonderful… Continue
by trees swathed in white lights
and the winter sun piercing
stained glass
with its ice-pure rays
Body and soul vibrating
to the organ’s swell
I sang with the choir and congregation
Superlatives and absolutes
flowed from the liturgy
like wine
from a celestial cask
Gloria to God in the highest
Deum de Deo
Lumen de lumine
Deum verum de Deo vero
Wonderful… Continue
Added by Barbara Quintiliano on 12th mo. 25, 2009 at 3:00pm — No Comments
End of year thoughts...
Thank you for being around this year, which has been one of those ‘annus horribilis’, beginning with the death of Lilian, a much loved and eccentric mother. As the year has gone on I have been struggling with the guilt and sadness involved in her loss, the way she was deprived of care from a hospice, and the way the family did and didn’t cope with her death. We were all trying to cope with one of the the most difficult circumstance anyone ever has to face.
The highs of the year have… Continue
The highs of the year have… Continue
Added by Rosemary Rimmer-Clay on 12th mo. 21, 2009 at 1:49pm — No Comments
Going Crazy for the Baby Jesus
Marvin Bloom, regularly contributes on Trans-Ponder Podcast with his Moments with Marvin segments and also appears in my play Doin' Time the Homo No Mo Halfway House. Raised Jewish in Long Island, NY, Marvin is now a born-again Christian--A Jew for Jesus. In this video freaks out about Christmas and more importantly Christians Gone Wild at… Continue
Added by Peterson Toscano on 12th mo. 19, 2009 at 4:09pm — No Comments
"The Courageous Mr. Penn"
Now playing in the WBFF YouTube channel's Movie House Theater...
"The Courageous Mr. Penn"
Starring Cliff Evans and Deborah Kerr
WBFF's Movie House Theater
"Penn of Pennsylvania" was the original British title of the economical biopic "The Courageous Mr. Penn". Clifford Evans… Continue
"The Courageous Mr. Penn"
Starring Cliff Evans and Deborah Kerr
WBFF's Movie House Theater
"Penn of Pennsylvania" was the original British title of the economical biopic "The Courageous Mr. Penn". Clifford Evans… Continue
Added by Andrew Swartley Cohen on 12th mo. 19, 2009 at 4:00pm — No Comments
Notes on Religious Socialism - 01
My socialism arose originally from two biblical texts:
First: Matthew 25:31ff: "When the son of man starts his revolution with all his band around him, then he will assume authority. And all the nations will be assembled before him, and he will sort them out, like a farmer separating his cows from his hogs, penning the cows on the right and the hogs on the left. Then the Leader of the Movement will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you pride of my Father, share in the Movement that… Continue
First: Matthew 25:31ff: "When the son of man starts his revolution with all his band around him, then he will assume authority. And all the nations will be assembled before him, and he will sort them out, like a farmer separating his cows from his hogs, penning the cows on the right and the hogs on the left. Then the Leader of the Movement will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you pride of my Father, share in the Movement that… Continue
Added by Charley Earp on 12th mo. 19, 2009 at 2:06am — No Comments
Twelve Days Left Till Christmas
So one more enemy leader is dead
killed by a drone
Rejoice! they said
Cacophonous carols assail the ear
and mountains of merchandise
stifle our fear
Isaiah wanders the glitzy streets
searching for signs
of the Prince of Peace
Wearied by Macy’s wonderland
he lies down with plush Leo
and soft Gucci lamb
And Mary, her soul extolling the Lord
looks for fulfillment
of his gracious word
Of haughty… Continue
killed by a drone
Rejoice! they said
Cacophonous carols assail the ear
and mountains of merchandise
stifle our fear
Isaiah wanders the glitzy streets
searching for signs
of the Prince of Peace
Wearied by Macy’s wonderland
he lies down with plush Leo
and soft Gucci lamb
And Mary, her soul extolling the Lord
looks for fulfillment
of his gracious word
Of haughty… Continue
Added by Barbara Quintiliano on 12th mo. 14, 2009 at 11:30pm — No Comments
Gay Bashed in Hartford--A Quaker Message
Added by Peterson Toscano on 12th mo. 13, 2009 at 10:03pm — 1 Comment
Primitive Christianity?
Primitive Christianity Revived Again with the use of ultramodern means of communication :-)
Added by Barbara Quintiliano on 12th mo. 12, 2009 at 8:24am — No Comments
Quaker Queries about Transgender Inclusion in GLb(t) Orgs
One of t the things I like about moving with the Quakers is the quality of questions we ask each other. We have a long history of asking questions that cause of to reflect inwardly and outwardly.
For three decades (more?) queer Quakers have been meeting in North America under a variety of names that have changed as the group has changed and grown. Currently the Friends for Lesbian, Gay,… Continue
For three decades (more?) queer Quakers have been meeting in North America under a variety of names that have changed as the group has changed and grown. Currently the Friends for Lesbian, Gay,… Continue
Added by Peterson Toscano on 12th mo. 9, 2009 at 1:36pm — No Comments
Christmas Eternal
My heart is sick of being right.
Liars, fellow-cowards, fools caught
between God and Satan, listen!
Isn't it time for
honest yearning?
Haven't we had enough
of being too wise to trust?
I can take disappointment; I cannot
endure another year's prudence.
Roll back the sky, shatter
my face with a terror of angels
but make me yours, God!
Another stillborn Christmas
and another, and another?
Wake us! I've seen… Continue
Liars, fellow-cowards, fools caught
between God and Satan, listen!
Isn't it time for
honest yearning?
Haven't we had enough
of being too wise to trust?
I can take disappointment; I cannot
endure another year's prudence.
Roll back the sky, shatter
my face with a terror of angels
but make me yours, God!
Another stillborn Christmas
and another, and another?
Wake us! I've seen… Continue
Added by Forrest Curo on 12th mo. 5, 2009 at 5:54am — 1 Comment
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