“[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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Prophetic Witness: Spiritual Relevance
So shall my word be which goes forth from my mouth… Isaiah 58:11 I think Friends must step up and step into their charge of prophetic witness by first asking how Quakers are relevant today. Why did we choose to be Friends? What brought us here, kept us here, gave us pause, made us question …
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 …
Cracked Cisterns
Two sins have my people committed; they have forsaken me, a spring of living water, and they have hewn themselves cisterns, cracked cisterns that can hold no water. Jeremiah 2:13 photo by Alvis Taurens Lately, I have been struggling with finding a “place for the singing of angels” (Howard Thurman) in my life. Both the …
Integrity Guides Our Way Forward as Friends
I think whatever gets one to a place of sanity (that does not harm self or others, of course) is essential right now. We are living through a constant assault with all the bad news and truth about how depraved people are--that kind of barrage of info provides the mortar for trauma, and most of …
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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 …
As Way Opens 