Over some 300 years, we’ve evolved ways to handle the tension between what some individual member might feel divinely led to say or do, and what his Quaker Meeting as a whole could approve. We tend to be free about individual stands, cautious about anything said in the name of a Meeting. A blog moves the tension into a whole new context. People aren’t always rational, attentive, or nice online; mistakes could be made, fusses erupt in public!
I am, by no means, claiming myself as a missionary. And I have no need to convert anyone from their belief systems or religious traditions. I am only expressing the Light of Friends, as I know it, and that at times has a really nice bonus attached to it. The bonus that others can learn about what Quakers do, that they are not just guys on an oatmeal box, that they have testimonies that are real and valid for the 21st century, and that they are NOT a dying religion.
A sudden burst of creative enthusiam has led me to start up this blog once again! This blog was originally intended to focus on Quaker matters and my emerging joy, questions, and current discussions concerning these matters. I now feel a sort of leading to move back in that direction, and I hope you will join me in these topics.
We have to be careful not to FILL ourselves with so much noise and emotional machinations that we think we are hearing G-d. It is in silence, simplicity and living by the sweat of our own brow that we hear the Spirit working inside of us. The rest of it is just laces and bows. The real garment of G-d is to sit in silence and simplicity before H-m, and see how He speaks with the quiet and still voice to our hearts. This blog is my attempt to document at least the beginnings of this journey, and how it plays out in my daily life. Accountability (even if virtual) is always good.
From a self-described “Quaker, peace and development worker, vegetarian and adventurer” who is also a new member of QuakerQuaker. She explains that her blog talks”about Quakerism as part of a whole range of topics!”
From the Description:
This blog is a community and a resource for news, analysis and discussion on the many ways that ordinary people around the globe are using nonviolence every day, often under the most difficult circumstances. We welcome activists, students, scholars and critics, as well as those just discovering nonviolence, to read and take part.
