In March, Mike Shell wrote of learning to listen and be understood amid diverse spiritual paths and language in “Listening in Tongues”. At www.quakerquaker.org, Paula Deming raises her quandry of talking about God in her Meeting, in her post “Why does my faith…
from Gail Rogers … The Word Conference of Friends ends this week in Kenya. There is a study guide and study circles forming through the website at http://saltandlight2012.org/. QUF’s Anthony Manousos and Lyn Cope are there now, and we can look forward to hearing from them!
Holmes Rolston III , Three Big Bangs: Matter-Energy, Life, Mind, (Columbia University Press, 2010) … by Larry Spears … We lack a story of the universe. Genesis is the story of this world. The first words of the…
by Gail Rogers … During my 35 years as a Friend, I have heard various people say “I don’t fit in because I am a Christian,” or “I don’t feel welcome because I am not Christian,” or “I feel connected to nature in my spirituality…
by Anthony Manousos … For the past six years I have been the official Quaker representative to Interfaith Communities United for Justice and Peace (icujp.org), which was started by religious leaders in Los Angeles after 9/11 with the motto: “Religious communities must stop…
George Levine, ed., The Joy of Secularism: 11 Essays for How We Live Now (Princeton University Press, 2011) … By Larry Spears … Properly viewed, this book, George Levine, ed., The Joy of Secularism: 11 Essays for How We Live…
In his blog, The Empty Path, Mike Shell shares his quest to understand how to “hear or to be heard across the boundaries of our differing belief systems.” How do you speak of your spiritual experiences among Friends, and to the world at large? Do you find…
E. Ecklund, Science vs. Religion: What Scientists Really Think (Oxford University Press 2010) … By Larry Spears … Why do Quakers care about what scientists think about religion and reality? This book, E. Ecklund, Science vs.
Gail Rogers calls our attention to an interfaith panel on sustainability that took place at Marylhurst College : … A young Friend discusses Quaker practice and testimonies relating to the environment and sustainability:
Gail Rogers, a member of QUF, found some interesting postings on the quakerquaker.org website that she would like to share. She writes: … The first involves ideas of the Holy Spirit and Jesus in a universalist context- and includes a…
