Category Archives: Quaker Identity

And So We Pass from One Season to Another

Posted on November 9, 2020 by Doug Bennett

Message given at Durham Friends Meeting, November 8, 2020 And so we pass from one season to another.  The leaves are mostly gone now, gone ‘til next spring, their bright colors just a memory.  The sun is down by late … Continue reading →

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Message or Miracle? Awakening to the Light

Posted on April 8, 2019 by Doug Bennett

Message at Durham Friends Meeting, April 7, 2019 Here we are, gathered as a community whose beginnings lie about 2000 years back, “a long time ago in a place far, far away from here.”  I want us to imagine ourselves … Continue reading →

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How Am I a Christian?

Posted on December 1, 2018 by Doug Bennett

December 1, 2018 “How am I a Christian?” is the title of an article I have in this month’s Friends Journal.  Here’s a snippet from the piece: One of the Advices in the New England Yearly Meeting Faith and Practice reads “Make … Continue reading →

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Quaker Values?

Posted on July 1, 2018 by Doug Bennett

Message at Durham Friends Meeting, July 1, 2018 Quaker values are on my mind this morning – that phrase ‘Quaker Values.’ Partly Quaker Values are on my mind because the last week or two – or really the last year … Continue reading →

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What Are We Doing Here?

Posted on June 4, 2017 by Doug Bennett

Message delivered at Durham Friends Meeting, June 4, 2017 “What are we doing here?” I wrote those words on a sheet of paper a few hours after I agreed to bring today’s message. I don’t really know where they came … Continue reading →

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The Gist of Quakerism

Posted on April 13, 2016 by Doug Bennett

April 13, 2016 Chuck Fager has been running a series of Quaker FAQs to provide an introduction to Quakerism.  Of course he knows people disagree about such matters, but Chuck has a gift for plain speaking and he thinks his … Continue reading →

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Going Back to Germantown Meeting

Posted on September 14, 2014 by Doug Bennett

September 14, 2014 I went back to Germantown Meeting this morning after a long absence. Germantown is the first Quaker meeting I joined and being back in that meetinghouse brought a flood of memories. I greeted quite a number of … Continue reading →

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Why Am I a Friend and What’s It To You?

Posted on June 4, 2014 by Doug Bennett

June 4, 2014 I became a Quaker in the mid-1970s, joining Germantown Friends Meeting. Hardly a week has gone by since that I haven’t wondered why I was a Friend. I wonder what that means to me, and I wonder … Continue reading →

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Letting — and the Importance of Being Led

Posted on May 30, 2013 by Doug Bennett

May 30, 2013 On Earlham’s website now is the Baccalaureate Speech given earlier this month by Biology Professor Bob Rosenberg, and it is very much worth reading. Each year at the college, the graduating seniors choose a member of the … Continue reading →

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Biblical Inerrancy Watch: the Evangelical Free Church of America

Posted on May 22, 2013 by Doug Bennett

May 22, 2013 In response to a recent blog post on the seepage of the doctrine of Biblical inerrancy into Quakerism, a Friend asked for examples. Here is one. In this month’s “Communicator,” the yearly meeting’s newsletter, Indiana Yearly Meeting’s … Continue reading →

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