“[Dig] deep, …carefully cast forth the loose matter and get down to the rock, the sure foundation, and there hearken to the divine voice which gives a clear and certain sound.” John Woolman When John Woolman described our need to “cast forth the loose matter and get down to the rock, the sure foundation” he …
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To Witness as God Wants
Photo by Belinda Fewings “There must be always remaining in every life, some place for the singing of angels, some place for that which in itself is breathless and beautiful.” –Howard Thurman Being ‘in the world but not of it’ is a path Friends have sought to walk for generations, and I’m not quite sure …
Clothed in Service
“It is more fit for us, to be covered with God’s eternal Spirit, and clothed with his eternal Light which leads us, and guides us into righteousness, and to live righteously and justly and holy in this profane evil world. This is the clothing that God puts upon us, and likes, and will bless. This …
Being of Service
“Lighthouses don’t go running all over an island looking for boats to save; they just stand there shining.” “Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work: you don't give up.” Anne Lamott …
Unholy Barnacles—Working Through It
I have a fair amount of thoughts about the idea of moving through pain to get to what’s next in terms of what the particular journey is, and to not only move forward, but to be altered by the suffering. In some instances, pain has the potential to break a person, but can also create …
Forgiveness
There have been numerous situations in my life in which my own sufferings or traumas have brought me to a deeper understanding of others’ suffering. For instance, my own abuse at the hands of my mother had quite an effect on my ministry several years ago as a teen support group leader at a spouse …
As Way Opens 