Category Archives: Quaker Testimonies

Quaker Values?

Posted on July 1, 2018 by

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?

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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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A Few Words on Quakers and Equality

Posted on November 14, 2014 by

November 14, 2014 [My wife’s book club has been reading The Invention of Wings, Sue Monk Kidd’s fictionalized biography of of the Grimké sisters, Sarah and Angelina (Nina), who were leaders in the abolitionist and women’s rights movements. Since Sarah and … Continue reading →

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Constraints on Leadership: Missions, Roles and Values

Posted on April 3, 2014 by

April 3, 2014 “We must not suppose that those in authority are unaware …, but we must recognize that their liberty of action is often circumscribed by the nature of their office: the powerful are not necessarily free.” That quotation … Continue reading →

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Let’s Have a Testimony of Intimacy

Posted on April 27, 2012 by

April 27, 2012 In the midst of Indiana Yearly Meeting’s ongoing turmoil about homosexuality, the Bible, and the authority of the yearly meeting, a Friend writes, “it is clear even to the casual reader that God has something to say … Continue reading →

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Pacifism, War and Sin

Posted on December 3, 2011 by

December 3, 2011 For the Indiana Yearly Meeting Facebook Page: Do we regard as Christians people who believe in war? Doesn’t the Bible make it clear that participation in war is a sin? Suppose your church or meeting had a … Continue reading →

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