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Mission Statement:
Our purpose is encouraging, loving, and supporting a diverse group of people who gather to deepen their experience of the inner light of God. We direct this inner light outward in service to others to share the love of Christ.
**Following the teachings of the Living Christ, we are an open, loving, and affirming community.
We believe that God’s Light is inherent within all people. There are no exceptions.**
Author Archives: maggiemax15
Peace Quaker Spice Two
We’ve got to become more conscious of boundries. But not just those that are terrestrial, international, industrial or electoral. I’m suggesting that just as potentially flammable are personal boundries. It is a big issue, I googled ‘respecting personal boundries’ and … Continue reading →
Simplicity
A week after the extravagance of Christmas it’s good to ask who among us has immunity from our cultural disease of “affluenza”? Hermits would tell us that, first of all, consumption is a very social phenomenon: keeping up with one’s … Continue reading →
Emmanuel
Christmas has turned into a time when, typically, we re-tell the beloved story of Mary and Joseph, who, on a mission to pay their taxes, turn a Bethlehem barn into a birthing suite complete with farm animals, shepherds, angels, camels … Continue reading →
“Everything Needed”
In this passage from what some think to be Peter’s last will and testiment there is a wonderful promise. “His divine power has given us everything needed for life and godliness” Everything! To be called to ministry means that God has … Continue reading →
The Other Side of Giving
Were receiving easy more of us would do it with grace and gratitude. That it is so difficult for us to be receivers has practical and spiritual implications. Our ability to receive is essential to our physical, emotional and spiritual … Continue reading →
The Law of the Gift
Joy and Hope, (Gaudium et Spes), is one of the four “Apostolic Constitutions” coming out of the Second Vatican Council. It is an overview of the Catholic Church’s teachings about humanity’s relationship to society, especially in reference to economics, poverty, social justice, culture, … Continue reading →
The Gift of Hope
There is a fascinating line in which Isaiah describes God as: (the God) “who works for those who wait for him.” What was the prophet trying to say with this notion of a God who ‘works’ for me? My guess … Continue reading →
Faith, Hope, Love and Encouragement
Paul’s letter to the Thessalonians declares that every bit as much as faith, hope and love are to be observable characteristics of a Christian community, so is mutual encouragement. In times of anxiety and strife Christians cannot go it … Continue reading →
Grace – shared by Robert Wiese
For October 30, 2011, Robert Wiese prepared a message on Grace. Robert is Presiding Clerk of Spokane Friends Meeting. On this web site it precedes the message shared on November 6 by Nick Block. That message focuses on Jesus’ parable of … Continue reading →
Meaningful Lives
On the Sunday before Paul and Martha Puckett move from Spokane to ‘the Manor’ in Newberg, Oregon Spokane Friends, while reluctant to see them go after so many years of meaningful service to the Meeting, took the time to reflect on … Continue reading →
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