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The Friendly Seeker: September 2014
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A birthright Friend in the unprogrammed tradition talks about Quakerism today. Tuesday, September 30, 2014. Daniel Snyder Quaker Witness as Sacrament p.22. I encountered this quote recently in a worship sharing. I am reminded of the idea: does something arise from an inward motion or an outward motion? Which resulted in several years of activism on this issue. This would be the example of an outward motion. Recently, I have heard people from many different Meetings lamenting that many Friends within the ...
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The Friendly Seeker: November 2014
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A birthright Friend in the unprogrammed tradition talks about Quakerism today. Wednesday, November 26, 2014. But I want to tell you this evening that it is not enough for us to talk about. Love is one of the pivotal points of the Christian. There is another side called justice. And justice is really love in calculation. Justice is love correcting that which revolts against love". As I heard this it shot through me "Oh yes Love. Love is the answer. Love trumps all and I had forgotten this.
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The Friendly Seeker: March 2015
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A birthright Friend in the unprogrammed tradition talks about Quakerism today. Saturday, March 28, 2015. The Quality of Silence. Normally my posts here are addressed to a Quaker audience. Recently talking to someone I had just met about the silence in Meeting for Worship, I realized I had something to write to those who are trying to figure out online what Quakerism is like and if it is something they want to explore further. My tag line says I am an unprogrammed Friend. What does that mean? 8220;So what...
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The Friendly Seeker: Quaker Parenting
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A birthright Friend in the unprogrammed tradition talks about Quakerism today. Sunday, April 26, 2015. This article appeared in Friends Journal in the April 2015 issue. By: Lynn Fitz-Hugh and Sara Alice Grendon. My daughter, age 16, is a dyed-in-the-wool Quaker. Other Quaker parents are often very curious how I pulled this off. To me one of the most significant things is that from her birth, I felt I was steward of a spiritual being, a soul sent into my care and nurture. 8220;Mommy, what is God? She had ...
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The Friendly Seeker: To Give Testimony
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A birthright Friend in the unprogrammed tradition talks about Quakerism today. Sunday, July 27, 2014. Early Friends talked about giving testimony to the Truth. This meant speaking publicly one’s full passion for the Divine. Speaking even when it was not welcome. Carrying such messages as: "I will not take my hat off to recognize your social status", or "I will not swear on a Bible because my commitment to the Truth is always.". Typically when we think of a run away train we think of one with no intellige...
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The Friendly Seeker: October 2014
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A birthright Friend in the unprogrammed tradition talks about Quakerism today. Friday, October 31, 2014. Do we expect to find God at Meeting for Worship? Excuse this bold question, but it has come to me that I think maybe we don't really. How would are Meetings be different if in fact we did expect that every time we settled into silence? And because it is a large Meeting I felt fairly sure that a message would be given. After all this is really not different from those of us who go for "peace and quiet"...
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The Friendly Seeker: Faithfully Delivered
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A birthright Friend in the unprogrammed tradition talks about Quakerism today. Wednesday, November 26, 2014. But I want to tell you this evening that it is not enough for us to talk about. Love is one of the pivotal points of the Christian. There is another side called justice. And justice is really love in calculation. Justice is love correcting that which revolts against love". As I heard this it shot through me "Oh yes Love. Love is the answer. Love trumps all and I had forgotten this.
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The Friendly Seeker: Internalized Quakerism
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A birthright Friend in the unprogrammed tradition talks about Quakerism today. Wednesday, August 28, 2013. Of God and represent a turning away from God. I absolutely believe in redemption, that no one is beyond returning to God’s love and God’s healing and direction, forgiveness, if you will. These are powerful profound messages! It has taken me more than 50 years to consider that perhaps if I want to be effective in the world outside of Quakers I may need to be more individually decisive, I may need to ...
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The Friendly Seeker: The Quality of Silence
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A birthright Friend in the unprogrammed tradition talks about Quakerism today. Saturday, March 28, 2015. The Quality of Silence. Normally my posts here are addressed to a Quaker audience. Recently talking to someone I had just met about the silence in Meeting for Worship, I realized I had something to write to those who are trying to figure out online what Quakerism is like and if it is something they want to explore further. My tag line says I am an unprogrammed Friend. What does that mean? 8220;So what...
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The Friendly Seeker: July 2015
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A birthright Friend in the unprogrammed tradition talks about Quakerism today. Thursday, July 23, 2015. A Missing Piece of the Truth. Quakers have a wonderful belief that not only can one person say NO, but that they may have a piece of the truth that the rest of the group has not noticed. We believe this because in Meeting for business for Worship we are ALL suppose to be listening for the truth. Thus this one lone voice is not someone's opinion, but gives voice to a deeper truth.