Month: May 2012
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There Is No Big Red Phone
In preparation for me taking paternity leave as soon as #3 arrives (I constantly imagine the baby singing Dylan’s lines “Any day now, any day now, I shall be released) the church has set aside today’s “message” and the next two Sundays’ messages to be led by people from the congregation (and friend of the…
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I Have Only Today (Prayer)
This is one of my favorite prayers and one that was brought to my attention again today. My life is an instant, An hour which passes by; My life is a moment Which I have no power to stay. You know, O my God, That to love you here on Earth– I have only today.…
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What is Born of God?
One of my constant “growing edges” in life and faith is the negotiation of what is my responsibility and what is God’s. When I stop and take a look at what is happening around me, and through me, I am often surprised by how much I live as though everything depended upon me. This probably…
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Amazon Takes on Quakerism?
Some of the Basics* Amazon is one of those companies that’s kind of off-limits for the typical American consumer. I mean, who owns a computer and hasn’t purchased at least one thing from Amazon? I know I have. And who can argue with such a “successful” business model? After-all, shouldn’t we capitalists encourage this kind…
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Isaac Penington to Elizabeth Walmsley 1670
I’ve often shared quotes from one of my favorite early Quakers, Isaac Penington, here’s a thought from him for the day: Truly the Lord hath done great things for us! He hath given us the sight and knowledge of himself in his Son, which is life eternal: he hath given us of the nature and…