Category Archives: different faiths
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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Thoughts on Dually-Affiliated Friends
I’ve always felt a certain discomfort about Nontheist Friends and other dually-affiliated Friends. (But, you protest, aren’t you a dually-affiliated Friend?? Yes, but I don’t identify as a Buddhist Quaker or a Quaker Buddhist: I am both a Buddhist and … Continue reading
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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Notions
There’s been a lot of discussion recently and not so recently within Quaker circles, both online and off, about whether Quakerism is a Christian faith or not, who should or shouldn’t be allowed to be a Quaker, and as many … Continue reading
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Buddhist and Quaker
I received an email from a reader, asking me questions about being both Buddhist and Quaker. Below is my reply: Hi. Thanks you for your email. I’m also not a fan of most “New-Agey” type of books… I consider myself … Continue reading
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This is the day: A Slogan Post
Today’s slogan: This is the day the Lord has made. Let us rejoice and be glad of it. I can’t read this quote without hearing it sung. As a former Catholic, this was one of the hymns that was sung … 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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Paradox
I’ve been wondering about the first commandment recently: “I am the Lord your God… you shall have no other gods before me.” It seems like a fairly straightforward commandment: basically, don’t worship anyone or anything other than God. I always … Continue reading
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Living Faith
“Come, Lord Jesus, be our guest, and let thy gifts to us be blessed.” Every Sunday at family dinner with my in-laws, I’ve been saying this prayer along with everyone else before we eat. A couple of days ago, it … Continue reading
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