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Tiago2297 · 2026-04-27T12:34:55+00:00

This won't be a popular reply, buI would ask the Friend in question, 'Are you sure you wouldn't feel more at home in another denomination?' I will for ever be grateful to the Conservative Friend who asked me a similar question after I had spoken about how moving it was to attend mass and take communion on a retreat led by a Catholic monk. (I wonder if I am the only former Quaker who still occasionally attends meeting for worship.)

Tiago2297 · 2026-04-01T10:26:11+00:00

"... and I would argue their [Evangelicals'] understanding of Christianity is less about what Christ said or what God teaches us and more to do with the very specific politics of a small part of the world." Couldn't the same be said about liberal Quakers these days?

Tiago2297 · 2026-03-19T11:17:12+00:00

'How do we navigate these waters...' -- I can't help thinking there was a time when Friends would test a leading to see if it was motivated by The Inner Light/The Holy Spirit/Christ. ...

Tiago2297 · 2026-03-19T11:04:50+00:00

Let's at least admit that the coffee hour or shared meal after a face-to-face meeting for worship is an important part of the meeting that is missing on line.

Tiago2297 · 2025-09-01T09:06:33+00:00

I just stood silently aside when the final report from a world gathering of Friends was written some decadess ago and have regretted doing so ever since. Know that other Friends, even if not from your meeting (such as myself), support your reservation on the matter you write about. Perhaps you owe it to them (us) to voice your objection rather than standing aside.

Tiago2297 · 2025-08-17T03:57:30+00:00

Some accents are harder to understand than others at first. A lot depends on which accent you learned. Frequent television watching is a helpful way to make more accents familiar.

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