Category Archives: christianity
Parallels: Elisha-Jesus
ELISHA: Now the wife of one of the sons of the prophets cried to Elisha, “Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that your servant feared the LORD, but the creditor has come to take my two children … Continue reading
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The Return
It’s funny: I’ve had this blog title floating around in my head for months now. I thought the title was going to be referring to my return to Meeting for Worship after my hip surgery. It’s not, though: it’s about … Continue reading
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Creation: Genesis 1-5, a Bible Post
Last Sunday, I made the decision to read the Bible again, this time at a much slower pace, with the Apocryphal books, and taking notes. My goal is to post my thoughts on what I’ve read at least once a … Continue reading
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Christ and the Way of Non-Self
As often happens to me during Meeting for Worship, this morning I found my thoughts turning to Jesus. In particular, I found myself reflecting on Jesus’s statement that one must lose one’s life in order to gain it: “Then summoning … Continue reading
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A New Perspective on Jesus
I’ve been thinking about Jesus for a long time. I was raised Roman Catholic and grew up with a deep faith in God. But I was never sure about Jesus. For a while, I believed in the Trinity. I remember … Continue reading
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Jesus as the Way
I wrote this in my real journal last night and feel inclined to share it: I’ve been almost plagued with confusion over whether I’m a Christian or not. It just seems like one of those questions one should know the … Continue reading
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Slogans
I think I have enough now to start mixing them in with my Buddhist lojong slogans. I thought you all might be curious to see what phrases I used. Quaker Slogans: Let your life speak. (George Fox [GF]) Be still … Continue reading
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Liberal Quaker Concerns
Today after Meeting for Worship, we had an instructor come in to teach my Yearly Meeting’s Quakerism 101 course. During Meeting for Worship, he gave a message that I found very disturbing. The beginning of his message was how Quakers … Continue reading
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Immersion
The image of the morning sun in a dewdrop is not less than the sun. The reflection of life in your soul is not less than life. The dewdrop mirrors the light because it is one with the light, and … Continue reading
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Quaker Quaker
This post is actually not about Quaker Quaker, but about the idea of a Quaker Quaker, which was explained a bit here: If we became a religious society of Finders, then we’d need to figure out what it means to … Continue reading
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