(I sit on a stool in a darkened room, spotlights shining in my eyes.) Evangeline Orthodox: “Your previous post on being Christ Centered sounds awfully relativistic. Don’t you believe in absolute truth?” Me: “Yes. Yes I do.” Ms. Orthodox: “Don’t you believe the bible to …
Read MoreWhy I choose to identify as a Christ-Centered Quaker
I’ve read with great interest and awe the many discussions going on in blogland about Convergent Friends, and where Jesus fits in (Thanks to The Good Raised Up, Unwavering Bands of Light, Rooted and Grounded in Love, Embracing Complexity, One Quaker Take, Brooklyn Quaker, and …
Read MoreApologies, past and future
Many apologies for the lack of blogging. It hasn’t been for lack of ideas; I was amazingly moved by the visit from Chris M and Robin M, and have loved reading Robin’s accounts of her visit (here, here, and here). I just can’t seem to …
Read MoreWhat are we about? Part 2
In my searching through the archives, I found a printed church invitation. It has Glen Rinard’s picture on it as the pastor, so I’m guessing, given the time he was pastor at NFC, that this is somewhere around 1959. Here’s part of what it said: …
Read MoreWhat are we about? Part 1
Any organization has the task of defining what it is about, its mission, its goals, its reason for existence. Part of what I’m doing as I’m reading through old minutes and history stuff is collecting the actual words that Newberg Friends has used over its …
Read MoreMy thoughts: A Sampler
I started this post as a brief sampler, and it “grew in the telling,” as Tolkien said about writing the Lord of the Rings. Maybe your comments will help me see which are the most interesting to you, and therefore the ones I will want …
Read MoreInput requested
Been thinking, and thought I would ask on the blog: For those Quakers reading this outside of the Evangelical circles, what do you consider as helpful books on the history of Quakerism? I’d be interested in reading a good history of Quakers from a non-Evangelical …
Read MoreConvergent or Divergent Friends?
Have I mentioned I can be a tad on the obsessive side? I’m still reading old minutes and history stuff from NFC’s beginnings. I’m realizing that some of what I shared three years ago (and posted last Thursday) is a little inaccurate, or at least …
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