Category Archives: Messages

Quakers have created for ourselves a difficult standard – we are expected to see ‘…that of God’ in others.  Sometimes it almost pushes us to the wall.  ….this week Spokane had some visitors from Topeka, Kansas.   The history of the … Continue reading →

Due to the sharing of our lives with each other in Meeting for Worship Sunday it seemed appropriate to only share a portion of the message I had prepared.  So for the adventuresome here is the whole thing…   A … Continue reading →

 What would you write to the one person who you sincerely think should pick up the work you had begun so faithfully carried out if you were expecting that quite soon you would be, as Paul delicately put it, “poured … Continue reading →

According to the Gospel of Matthew the first word of Jesus public ministry was: “Repent”; “Repent for the kingdom of Heaven is upon you.”   The fourteenth verse of Mark’s Gospel is similar. “After John had been arrested, Jesus came into … Continue reading →

Monasticism has always been on the periphery, out of the mainstream, of society. With that Quakers can certainly identify, not only in our worship practices, our understanding of spiritual authority, even our history of intervention, often in unpopular ways, with … Continue reading →

In the 15th chapter of Luke Jesus tells three parables two of which appear nowhere else in the Gospels. Of course the chapter is best is known for the Prodigal Son story. The other two parables while shorter are quite … Continue reading →

Norm Pasche put into my hands the book In the Spirit of Happiness written by the Monks of New Skete. What I’ve read of it so far it has been wonderful and has opened me to some fresh questions – … Continue reading →

The story of the good Samaritan seems reckless and scary in its demands on the human heart; especially when we think about the recent uproar in New York regarding the building of a mosque.   It seems clear that there will … Continue reading →

Today, throughout the Roman Catholic Church, The Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary is celebrated. The idea of Mary being taken up, body and soul, to heaven is based on a book written by an unknown fifth … Continue reading →

Let’s say you get an email that tells you you’ve just won millions or you just inherited a bundle or you get an unsolicited phone call from an enthusiastic person who tells you that you’ve won a wonderful cruise for … Continue reading →