"Take heed, dear Friends, to the promptings of love and truth in your hearts.
Trust them as the leadings of God whose Light shows us our darkness and brings us to new life."
(Quakers in Britain "Quaker Faith and Practice" Advices and Queries no.1: http://qfp.quaker.org.uk/passage/1-02/) #Quaker #Quakers #Quakerism
"...We, like every generation, must find the Light +Life again for ourselves. Only what we have valued +truly made our own, not by assertion but by lives of faithful commitment, can we hand on to the future. Even then, we must humbly acknowledge that our vision of the truth will, again +again, be amended.
In the Religious Society of Friends we commit ourselves not to words but to a way."
(Quakers in Britain "Quaker Faith and Practice" Intro: https://qfp.quaker.org.uk/introduction/) #Quaker #Quakers #Quakerism
At this time of year (as the dreaded #BlackFriday is just 2 weeks away, and the associated purchasing frenzy approaches), I often find myself returning to this passage with its thoughts on consumerism, acquisition, all that stuff and gadgets, and living simply.
(Quakers in Britain "Quaker Faith and Practice" 25.09 https://qfp.quaker.org.uk/passage/25-09/) #Quaker #Quakers #Quakerism
This poem by Geoffrey Weeden describes one experience of Quaker "Meeting for Worship" (what we call our gatherings).
Hear it read aloud, along with footage of Friends from Quakers in Britain's Northumbria Area Meeting here: https://vimeo.com/127699534
Visited #Portishead #Quaker meeting house today (a different local meeting house elsewhere in Quakers in Britain's #Bristol area meeting than where I normally go).
7 of us shared the hour of silence, in a place where Friends have gathered since 1670: https://heritage.quaker.org.uk/files/Portishead%20LM.pdf (PDF link).
"Please be patient, those of you who have found a rock to stand on, with those of us who haven’t and with those of us *who are not even looking for one*...."
(Quakers in Britain "Quaker Faith and Practice" 20.06, part https://qfp.quaker.org.uk/passage/20-06/)
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When there's so much that calls for our love, it can feel overwhelming, sometimes futile.
So we just start where we can - right where we are, right now.
(Text from Quakers in Britain "Quaker Faith & Practice" 24.60 https://qfp.quaker.org.uk/passage/24-60/)
A welcome reminder that no matter what our context, we can all play a part in putting more love and kindness into the world:
"...the vocation of ordinary men and women called to continual, unspectacular acts of loving kindness in the ordinary setting of every day."
(Text from Quakers in Britain "Quaker Faith & Practice" 21.43 https://qfp.quaker.org.uk/passage/21-43/)
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