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Kevin Camp's Blog – 8th mo. 2012 Archive (3)
Quaker Discipline: A Balancing Act
For a long while, I’ve been contemplating the notion of Meeting discipline and how it has evolved over time. What form does it take today? Around a century and a half ago, Friends were read out of Meeting for simply daring to marry non-Friends. Punishment had a very…
ContinueAdded by Kevin Camp on 8th mo. 28, 2012 at 4:30pm — 3 Comments
The Death of First Day School and How It Happened
The human body has many parts, but the many parts make up one whole body. So it is with the body of Christ. If the foot says, "I am not a part of the body because I am not a hand," that does not make it any less a part of the body. And if the ear says, "I am not part of the body because I am not an eye," would that make it any less a part of the body?
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ContinueAdded by Kevin Camp on 8th mo. 23, 2012 at 9:30am — 34 Comments
The Memory of Sacrifice
This post began as an open letter to my Meeting's listserve. I usually write one a week.
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Hello Friends,
A question has been on my mind recently. How do we best honor the memory of the Quaker martyrs? Many suffered persecution, time in jail, torture, and even death to worship as they wished. Even with greater societal tolerance that arrived with the passage of time, Friends were prohibited from pursuing certain educational…
ContinueAdded by Kevin Camp on 8th mo. 1, 2012 at 8:58pm — No Comments
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