(Message given at Newberg Friends Church on August 31, 2014) “You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your …
Read More“You don’t understand”–Finding a Path in an Era of Religious and Political Extremism
“You don’t understand…Hamas wants to wipe Israel out of existence, off the face of the earth. I have no compassion for Palestinians.” “You don’t understand…you can talk about love all you want, but if you don’t let gay people live out their sexuality to the …
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(These words and thoughts are my own. I am not in any clerk position in our Yearly Meeting and do not speak for our Yearly Meeting. As a community, we have not discussed many of these ideas, but I offer them in hope that these …
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