You will say, Christ said this, and the Apostles say this, but what can you say? Are you a child of Light, that walks in the Light, and when you speak is it inwardly from God? Wednesday, 14 November 2012. The best time to plant a tree is always today. A poem written for dVerse Poetics. Today, using a photograph of Sue Ann. Looking out, makes me sixteen,. Alone in the world,. Friendless, utterly friendless,. Ill and full of woes. So I was pious,.

The Size of the Meeting. Chapter II FAITH AND PRACTICE. Chapter III THE MEETING FOR WORSHIP. Does a Meeting Exist to Maintain Property? Procedures Good and Bad.

Quakers are united by concerns for truth, peace, equality, justice and simplicity. They look for that of God in everyone. Wednesday, 20 December 2017. Handing over to new writers. As you can see, this blog has lacked posts for some long time while I have been busy with work. Rhiannon, whose posts many enjoyed, is now at Woodbrooke College as a tutor in Quaker roles. You can find her elsewhere in the Quaker blogosphere. Tuesday, 30 December 2014.

A liberal Quaker shares his thoughts on the world and the breaking news. Sunday, 3 October 2010. There has been a flurry of interest in and much speculation about the recent Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life survey on US Religious Knowledge. The survey asked a cross-section of the American public about their knowledge of the various doctrines, practices and beliefs of their own and other religions. It also put the same questions to those of no belief. Saturday, 18 September 2010.

Trying to Stay Centered in a Complicated World. I am a Quaker, and I teach philosophy at a small college. A Spiritual Approach to Difficult Times. Guides to Other Quaker Blogs. Tuesday, January 03, 2017. A Spiritual Approach to Difficult Times.

The Quaker Journal of a Rural Neurotic. Saturday, January 13, 2018. In Which I Remember Grandma Two Years After Her Death. She is with me day and night. This week, as I slept, I dreamed that I found my grandmother struggling to lay herself down on her bed. I rushed to her and caught her up in my arms so that I might help her. Thursday, November 30, 2017. In Which I Discuss My Recent Move.

Left, because the poor are being robbed. Libertarian, because he who lives by the sword dies by the sword. Quaker, in order to know and worship in simplicity and in truth the Light which is the Life of all things. The Lord your God with all your heart, mind and soul, and your neighbor as yourself. 2 Do what you say, say what you think, think what is true.

Missionary Anna - kiwi tales! In October 2005 I moved to Aotearoa New Zealand to become Resident Friend at Wellington Quaker Meeting House for 18 months, a post for which I needed a missionary visa. Monday, February 20, 2017. Were there British connections with the area? Of the family connect to there. How did they end up in Britain? Links to this post.