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Ground Hog’s Day is the very depth of winter.  It is half way between the winter solstice, where we’ve place Christmas and the vernal equinox when we celebrate Easter.  It’s become nearly impossible for some of us to think about … Continue reading →

Now there was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews.2He came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God; for no one can do these … Continue reading →

This passage from Isaiah tells us that joy and peace are a part of risking for God. Joy comes in going out. Peace is given in being led forth by God. God provides a way of joy and peace, not a way to joy and peace. Living in relation to Christ does not mean that we will lead safe, comfortable lives, but that we will risk, that we will step out in faith. Continue reading →

Imagine Jesus, the Word, as God’s love song, singing life into the world’s babble, chaos and anxiety. John’s description of Jesus in the Prologue is poetic, even lyrical speech. It is an echo of or response to God’s love song, which is Christ. Maybe you can hear the plain song hymn “Of the Father’s Love Begotten” as you meditate on John’s words. We might imagine the proclamation of the good news as a Christmas carol — more evocative than explanatory — because this is in keeping with the reading’s genre and because most of us as we approach Christmas aren’t thinking logically. It’s better to inspire than inform. Continue reading →

The experience of a Quaker Advent, is to experience the Second Coming of Christ in discovering the Spirit of love within the very heart of our being, engaging is the process of letting it transform our world and our lives and beginning to live in what Jesus called the Kingdom of God. Continue reading →

Marcelle Martin who is a relatively new and delightfully insightful interpreter of Quaker spirituality asked herself: What, exactly, was the transformation they underwent that enabled them to become such bold witnesses to the truth they discovered? Continue reading →

There is a revered piece of Quaker advice that says: take heed…to the promptings of love and truth in our hearts. Our journey starts there – along the path of love and truth, listening to the Spirit’s promptings in our hearts. Continue reading →

Is gratitude is being replaced by good deals? Are shopping sprees winning out over family meals? As we take gifts of life and health for granted we concentrate on shiny and expensive material gifts. Having the power to buy in our pocket books has become a common place compensation for a sense of powerless in so much of the rest of our lives. We could call it “retail therapy.” So how is Thanksgiving faring ? Continue reading →

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Since the earliest days of Christendom, the faithful have gathered to give thanks for the life and ministry of the saints – women and men whose witness to the gospel of Jesus Christ has been a blessing in every generation. … Continue reading →