November 2007
Quaker intros, military dreams (Links) →
Quaker Quotes List of interesting Quaker quotes from Tokyo Friends (tags: quaker.intros) Quaker information Center The best beginner’s introduction to Friends and the variety of Friends put together by Friends. (tags: quaker.intros)
How the US military thought technology could win wars: the networks are social “Their model was Wal-Mart. Here was a sprawling, bureaucratic...
links for 2007-11-29 →
Quaker Quotes List of interesting Quaker quotes from Tokyo Friends (tags: quaker.intros) Quaker information Center The best beginner’s introduction to Friends and the variety of Friends put together by Friends. (tags: quaker.intros) How the US military thought technology could win wars: the networks are social “Their model was Wal-Mart. Here was a sprawling, bureaucratic monster...
No pictures please →
Since I use this blog as a bit of a personal journal, to remember dates and happenings, I should dutifully note that last night was the time four year old Theo pushed two year old Francis off the footstool while brushing teeth, causing said Francis to fall precipitously against the bathtub and open a nasty gash in his chin. Three hours and a Martin/Francis emergency room visit later there were...
Another bookstore bites the dust →
Not really news, but Friends United Meeting recently dedicated their new Welcome Center in what was once the FUM bookstore:
On September 15, 2007, FUM dedicated the space once used as the Quaker Hill Bookstore as the new FUM Welcome Center. The Welcome Center contains Quaker books and resources for F/friends to stop by and make use of during business hours. Tables and chairs to comfortably...
Lie Down Sarah on transformation (via... →
i’ve been partying and carrying on since i was 17, going to shows and drinking out of flasks and smoking late autumn cigars under the stars. that, i think, is the sarah so many people expect from me, and when they meet quaker sarah, they are surprised.
Transformed anew with love and cheesy 80s feelgood... →
Lie Down Sarah on transformation i’ve been partying and carrying on since i was 17, going to shows and drinking out of flasks and smoking late autumn cigars under the stars. that, i think, is the sarah so many people expect from me, and when they meet quaker sarah, they are surprised. (tags: quaker quaker.youth comment) Reaching Pam on making “love” the heart of our message...
Reaching Pam on making "love" the heart... →
When people who don’t know anything about Quakers ask me about it, I go on about waiting in silence, being moved by the spirit, that of god in everyone… What if I just said, “Friends seek to live out the kind of love Jesus spoke about”?
looking through 90’s journal prepping for interview, amazed how blog-like it is
Housekeeping, boots and having NC: no class →
Chris M. gets a digital camera (and shoots interpretive Braithwaite?) I stood so my shadow placed a band of darker contrast against the brilliance of the rest of the scene. At that moment, I so wanted a capable camera. So, a few weeks later and thousands of miles later, I got one. (tags: comment) Amanda thinks forty year olds wear expensive boots Unfashionable? Yes. Pricy? Ethical? No. (tags:...
links for 2007-11-26 →
Chris M. gets a digital camera (and shoots interpretive Braithwaite?) I stood so my shadow placed a band of darker contrast against the brilliance of the rest of the scene. At that moment, I so wanted a capable camera. So, a few weeks later and thousands of miles later, I got one. (tags: comment) Amanda thinks forty year olds wear expensive boots Unfashionable? Yes. Pricy? Ethical? No. (tags:...
Haven’t twittered much lately, setting up Trillian IM for GTalk right now
What Canst Thou Say?: Slacker housekeeping? →
Am I suggesting that our six year olds should be chopping firewood for eight hours everyday? No. But I am recommitting myself to do the life-supporting housework with my children that will challenge their muscles or coordination or brains or all three…
Jeanne looks back at the social class privilege... →
And as I’ve read each response.., I have seen such deep compassion and caring that I can’t see it as a competition… As I’ve read each post, people have become their stories, and not their ‘score.’ I hope you’ve had a chance to read all the responses.
Quaker Lite (Links) →
Haverford college blog on empty-form “Quaker values” language “Quakerism seemed to be used when it felt appropriate and thrown away when it was in the way,” she said”… citing “Quaker values”… “It felt that people were not respecting the fact that Quakerism is a religion [and] not just something about you.” (tags: quaker...
Haverford college blog on empty-form "Quaker... →
“Quakerism seemed to be used when it felt appropriate and thrown away when it was in the way,” she said”… citing “Quaker values”… “It felt that people were not respecting the fact that Quakerism is a religion [and] not just something about you.”
Diversity, rehab and the change of changlessness... →
Social Class Jeanne wonders about class and race in the RSOF Of late I’ve been wondering about the connection between class and race in the Religious Society of Friends, but since I’m white, I don’t feel like I have any authority on the matter. (tags: quaker quaker.witness) Obedient Linda on shisms, Baltimore and Friends United Meeting What if the indwelling Spirit IS...
links for 2007-11-24 →
links to traditional catholic medals (tags: julie) vintage religious jewelry interesting (tags: julie) st. francis receives stigmata medal (tags: julie) Catholic Rosary Parts—TONS of traditional and inexpensive medals (tags: julie) Queen of Peace Medal-beautiful vintage medals and crucifixes (tags: julie) Social Class Jeanne wonders about class and race in the RSOF Of late...
Light & Silence Simon on deification, Friends... →
The Orthodox emphasis on changelessness, going back to the apostles, and the Quaker idea of Primitive Christianity Revived may have brought them to similar places, however different they appear on the surface. (See his followup post for quotes)
Obedient Linda on shisms, Baltimore and Friends... →
What if the indwelling Spirit IS calling us to join and mend the schism between us, but in that mending we must all call into question the very common habits of our everyday existence as Friends?
Social Class Jeanne wonders about class and race... →
Of late I’ve been wondering about the connection between class and race in the Religious Society of Friends, but since I’m white, I don’t feel like I have any authority on the matter.
Focused blogs and side trips →
Over on Eileen Flanagan’s Imperfect Serenity, there’s an interesting post on blog publicity, “Blogging dilemmas,” inspired in part by Robin M“‘s recent “How did you get here?” post. Both bring up interesting questions about the role of blogs in community building and the location of that line that separates good blogging from mere self-promotion and...
links for 2007-11-22 →
Revolutionary Zach on two movements At the lefty rally, many of the young people looked miserable and lost. Afterwards, they walked off just as isolated as they were before… At Church, the preacher and other leaders repeatedly called attendees to get involved with others… (tags: comment) New blog: Minding The Light “Random thoughts of a Christian Quaker” in Missouri...
Lost lefties, grace and ego (Links) →
Revolutionary Zach on two movements At the lefty rally, many of the young people looked miserable and lost. Afterwards, they walked off just as isolated as they were before… At Church, the preacher and other leaders repeatedly called attendees to get involved with others… (tags: comment) New blog: Minding The Light “Random thoughts of a Christian Quaker” in Missouri...
New blog: Minding The Light →
“Random thoughts of a Christian Quaker” in Missouri USA. First post is about grace and price: “Pride in our hard work at achieving that grade point would be meaningless because it was God who blessed us with it in the first place.”
Tone it down George!, and the first signs of... →
Light and Silence Simon on early Friend’s embarrassing ethusiasms George Fox spent a substantial part of his early career facing down blasphemy charges. Perhaps more important, later Quakers (including Fox, to some extent) played down some of the things Fox said that got him into this trouble in the first place. (tags: quaker.conservative quaker comment) But Wait Shelley on being under...
links for 2007-11-17 →
Light and Silence Simon on early Friend’s embarrassing ethusiasms George Fox spent a substantial part of his early career facing down blasphemy charges. Perhaps more important, later Quakers (including Fox, to some extent) played down some of the things Fox said that got him into this trouble in the first place. (tags: quaker.conservative quaker comment) But Wait Shelley on being under...
QuakerQuaker on Facebook →
Always a step behind Wess, I started a QuakerQuaker “Page” over on Facebook. Nothing there yet but it could be a place for readers to comment and for me to toss out ideas for future directions.
I’ve personally found that the organizing potential of Facebook isn’t nearly as interesting as it seems at first blush. Groups are constantly created, joined in a mad rush, then...
Kirk W explains his eBible work →
I picked verses that seemed to me most relevant as stand-alone cites… A few I marked with the tag/topic “quakers” when I thought they were most germane to Quaker distinctives, e.g, hireling ministry, oaths, and manner of worship.
But Wait Shelley on being under the weight of a... →
Although most Friends now speak in a way that is virtually indistinguishable from that of their peers, there are still some telltale phrases, and “under the weight of a concern” is one of them.
Light and Silence Simon on early Friend's... →
George Fox spent a substantial part of his early career facing down blasphemy charges. Perhaps more important, later Quakers (including Fox, to some extent) played down some of the things Fox said that got him into this trouble in the first place.
links for 2007-11-16 →
Will T reports on last month’s Friends United Meeting board meeting This was also the first GB meeting that I had attended where we were not looking at our identity issues and what was dividing us. …Our differences were on plain view… but we also heard how God had worked among us this year. (tags: quaker quaker.fum) Robin M wonders how we get to her blog Checking out the...
Respite from identity, taking on the Bible (Links) →
Will T reports on last month’s Friends United Meeting board meeting This was also the first GB meeting that I had attended where we were not looking at our identity issues and what was dividing us. …Our differences were on plain view… but we also heard how God had worked among us this year. (tags: quaker quaker.fum) Robin M wonders how we get to her blog Checking out the...
Kirk W's Quaker bookmarks on eBible →
I tagged verses that mean the most to me, relating to Quaker faith and practice, particularly in the historical context. After marking a handful that Iâve noted for myself over the years, I drew from several other sources as theyâve presented themselv
Kirk W's Quaker bookmarks on eBible →
I tagged verses that mean the most to me, relating to Quaker faith and practice, particularly in the historical context. After marking a handful that Iâve noted for myself over the years, I drew from several other sources as theyâve presented themselv
Will T reports on last month's Friends United... →
This was also the first GB meeting that I had attended where we were not looking at our identity issues and what was dividing us. …Our differences were on plain view… but we also heard how God had worked among us this year.
Converging, landing, querying and geeking (Links) →
Zach Alexander A new web home: “In the near future, I hope to be posting thoughts here about: politics, psychology, gender, design, food, fashion, post-religious spirituality, music, etc…” (tags: friends) Chris M. on the “convergent” tone of Wilmer Cooper Cooper wrote the Religious Society of Friends “survival may well depend on a rediscovery of its identity...
links for 2007-11-15 →
Zach Alexander A new web home: “In the near future, I hope to be posting thoughts here about: politics, psychology, gender, design, food, fashion, post-religious spirituality, music, etc…” (tags: friends) Chris M. on the “convergent” tone of Wilmer Cooper Cooper wrote the Religious Society of Friends “survival may well depend on a rediscovery of its identity...
martin_kelley: should i be pround that i’m getting visits from google searches for “cash behind sex”? http://tinyurl.com/yq7tus
Gregg K on using technology to explain Quakerism... →
My hope is that my blogging and postmodern non-linearity (is that a word?) are a way for me to express with authenticity and integrity the values that have profoundly changed me.
Friendly Funnel wants a sister-meeting program to... →
The goal wouldnât be to âconvertâ the other MM to our way of worship, but to exchange ideas and foster dialog. Then maybe once a year, weâd do an exchange:my MM would send one member to visit the other MMâs Meeting for Worship, and they would do
Qr Oats Cherice on Quaker use of queries →
I noticed tonight that the queries were probably the Quaker version of catechism… Quakers ask open-ended questions whose responses should come out of intensely personal experiences of the Divine.
Chris M. on the "convergent" tone of... →
Cooper wrote the Religious Society of Friends “survival may well depend on a rediscovery of its identity within the context of its own history, coupled with an effort to interpret that identity in a relevant way to a constantly changing world.”
martin_kelley: coffee and manu chao production = martin obsession (http://www.rhapsody.com/amadoumariam/dimancheabamako), how long has it been playing?
We the Church, the People and the Fellowship →
Liberal Friends today frequently question the meaning of membership. Its necessity and obligations are debated. Does it foster separation? Is it an exclusive club? What cultural norms get in the way of wider fellowship? Why do so many of our meetings have the same limited demographic and why do they look so unlike the larger community. The way we answer these questions affect the way we think of...