Martin Kelley

links for 2007-09-23

• Baltimore Yearly Meeting report on Friends United Meeting “It is difficult to remain a part of an organization which exhibits so little concern for our own BYM history and suggestions for policy and direction….It is also difficult to sever ties with part of our history.” (tags: quaker quaker.liberal quaker.fum quaker.baltimore quaker.alienation)
• Richard M: Leadings to action pushed and pulled? “What do leadings feel like? Quakers talk a lot about being led or following leadings. What does this feel like? How do you recognize the experience? How do I distinguish an idea whose source is genuinely divine from my own thoughts and opinions?” (tags: quaker quaker.discernment)
• Johan Mauer starts a discussion on Baltimore’s FUM report “It may be the most useful document ever produced by a member yearly meeting’s representatives in my memory, but only [if it’s] not mined for ‘bombshell’ value [and] the document’s users are willing to tease out management issues from theological issues.” (tags: quaker quaker.fum quaker.liberal quaker.evangelical quaker.leadership)