Thank you.
Thanks for all your thoughts, e-mails, and prayers. Today was a good day. In each service, it seemed we became a gathered meeting. God’s presence was with us, and this was a very good experience for me. I think, as Robin wrote in the comments, that I probably have more to write. But I […]

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I now have 11 pages, typed, single spaced, of my own thoughts and quotes from books and people about communion. It’s 1:08 in the morning, and I’m too tired to keep pushing on, but I still need more clarity before Sunday. God, work in my spirit and mind and heart even as I sleep.

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I’m afraid that the best I have to offer the world is an oxymoron.
Good to Great says that great companies refine their focus to find the one thing they can do better than anyone else in the world. Steve Fawver just read it (I tackled it a few years back), and when we were talking […]

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One of the really cool things I’ve discovered over the last few years is the early history of Newberg Friends Church. I’ve been compelled to learn about William Hobson, who came to tiny, frontier Newberg to create a Quaker community. His vision, though, was huge…it refused to be separated into church/secular, but saw all of […]

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Technology destroys relationships…sometimes. But because of QuakerQuaker.org, I have new relationships that have truly changed me.
I started this blog as a personal outlet, writing about my own thoughts. It was to be a writing discipline alone. What I ended up discovering is that blogging is really about community. Well, communities, actually, and the biggest […]

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I just can’t seem to make the time for writing out a real, coherent blog post. But sometimes it’s my perfectionism that paralyzes, so I’m making myself write something of what I’ve been thinking about. I pity you readers…but remember, I started this blog for ME, as a writing discipline. <end selfish rant>
I wrote a […]

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Our Yearly Meeting is encouraging all of us to take today as a Peace Sabbath Day. They’ve prepared some queries to consider, as well as inviting us to take time away from something else, make some sacrifice, in order to offer some time to pray about how God wants us to bring peace to the […]

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Today, I’ll be representing Quakers, thanks to Boise Friends Church. I’ll be sporting my “Quakers Rock!” shirt all day at the convention.

(Speaking of Boise Friends, they’re entering the WWW world in a big way. Check out their new church page and Tanya’s photo/blog.)

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“Survival is underrated.” Brian McLaren, February 7, 2007
It’s ok to take care of ourselves, it’s ok to be a friend to ourselves, it’s ok to say no, it’s ok to have a life outside of ministry. Brian hammered these thoughts home today in many different ways, and it spoke to me.
His most thought-provoking comments […]

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Make sure to be watching Robin’s list of the top ten things that drive HER crazy about Quakers…

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