October 2005
Monthly Archive
Seeking a Religion of Daily Life
Posted by Os Cresson on Oct 20 2005 | Tagged as: Blogroll
For some Quakers, religion is primarily about daily lives and living as well as possible in ones meeting community and in the wider world. This is Quakerism with an emphasis on our lives rather than an emphasis on talk about these lives.
Standing on a rock in Firbank Fell in 1652, George Fox called out, “Let […]
A Children’s Story of People and the Light
Posted by Os Cresson on Oct 19 2005 | Tagged as: Stories and Poems
Not long ago in a place not far from here, there were many people living together but they went into different little buildings to worship. These buildings were quite close together and each one had its own door to go in by. In each of the houses of worship there was a wonderful light mounted […]
Doctrinally Open Membership in the Religious Society of Friends
Posted by Os Cresson on Oct 17 2005 | Tagged as: Blogroll
Doctrinally open membership is becoming more accepted by Friends. What is this method of arriving at membership decisions? How does it affect other areas of Quaker life and what does this imply for the future of the Religious Society of Friends?
THE METHOD
Consider a typical Friends meeting. Members gather in silent worship. They cooperate in service […]
Quaker in a Material World
Posted by Os Cresson on Oct 17 2005 | Tagged as: Blogroll
From Quaker Theology, #8 Spring-Summer 2003
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