tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19785125.post114296878801706706..comments2024-01-03T07:56:32.311-05:00Comments on quaker oats live: the kingdom of God is within y'allAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07488876505679035140noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19785125.post-1143777799465642662006-03-30T23:03:00.000-05:002006-03-30T23:03:00.000-05:00OK, Peggy--so the Kingdom of God is within all y'a...OK, Peggy--so the Kingdom of God is within all y'all--but only all y'all together! =)<BR/><BR/>Liz--agreed about WGYF community. I wish it could have lasted longer! There were so many cool people there I wish I could've gotten to know better. But I guess we'll all bump into each other again...it's a small (Quaker) world after all.<BR/><BR/>QuakerK--I think the idea of a universal Light being within each of us gets at part of what I was saying, and I think that's probably what a lot of early Friends were saying: it's an inner exploration for the individual. But I think maybe the early Friends weren't right about everything (*gasp*), and maybe only when our Inner Lights come together do we see the Kingdom of God more clearly. This is not to say that the individual's inner journey isn't important--actually it's of utmost importance! But I think we're made so that if possible, we journey together as much as we can. I agree about "fellowship" being equated with cookies and coffee. Now, I'm a big fan of both cookies and coffee, but I think maybe we should work on going a little deeper...but that's just me... =) I'm enjoying the Quaker blogging community, too. It fills at least part of that need.<BR/><BR/>Peter--that's a great way of putting it: "those scientists are basically staring God's power in the face when they peer into the subatomic realms. They just refuse to recognise it." I agree that whatever power that holds everything together is the sustaining power of God. Thanks for your thoughts.<BR/><BR/>Paul--yes, community helps us understand God better, and it's through this community that God chooses to bring for the Kingdom.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07488876505679035140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19785125.post-1143744832300695172006-03-30T13:53:00.000-05:002006-03-30T13:53:00.000-05:00What I hear in what you've written is that I'll co...What I hear in what you've written is that I'll come to know God most clearly in community, not alone.<BR/><BR/>PaulPaulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09429320213684430282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19785125.post-1143168541499028172006-03-23T21:49:00.000-05:002006-03-23T21:49:00.000-05:00Dear Cherice, The space between all the sub-atomic...Dear Cherice, <BR/>The space between all the sub-atomic particles is governed by some complex mathematical relationships and sustained by power. Scientists are continually trying to work out the maths, but the power is the power sent forth by Jesus's word, described in Hebrews 1: "sustaining all things by His powerful word." All things are sustained by Jesus' powerful word. Now, when I talk, I know that nothing gets sustained or done because my word has no power except that which God lends it - if He ever does, but Jesus' word has power because He is the creator who came to earth. The fact is that all those scientists are basically staring God's power in the face when they peer into the subatomic realms. They just refuse to recognise it, yet want to know exactly how he does it. They're like the curious journalists who pry into the minds of famous leaders rather than paying attention to what the leaders actually achieve. They're power junkies.<BR/>The implications of this solidity (what is more solid than God's power) for our lives are as you say. We continue to pray, trust and believe that God sustains us and the world we live in.Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13048606424107457116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19785125.post-1143126444983691372006-03-23T10:07:00.000-05:002006-03-23T10:07:00.000-05:00I've had similar thoughts, Cherice, in some ways--...I've had similar thoughts, Cherice, in some ways--I mean on the importance of community. We think of witness and testimony as being an individual thing, but I've found plenty of Biblical passages which suggest we need to make a holy <I>community</I> (just one this morning in my Bible reading--1 Peter 2:9-10)<BR/><BR/>It's funny. Having recently led part of a Quakerism 101 course, and done all those readings, I found that the idea that the Inner Light was not a <I>personal</I> possession was very prominently stated by a lot of writers. It was found by turning in, but that was only the individual manifestation of a universal Light. Does that fit your "y'all" idea? Of course, that doesn't mean that Quakers follow that ideal. Why not? <BR/><BR/>I've been thinking about fellowship recently, and how fellowship has often come to mean sharing coffee and cookies after meeting. Perhaps we do too much socializing and not enough "knowing each other in the Light," and without that kind of knowing we can't have the kind of community the Luke passage seems to suggest. Do we need more forums in which to know each other? The blogs are a way to do that, I suppose (one of the reasons I've recently become hooked)--are they doing something we don't find in meetings? <BR/><BR/>Some thoughts and reactions, for what they're worth...<BR/><BR/>Peace,<BR/><BR/>QuakerKDavid Korfhagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08483910268144751116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19785125.post-1142991745270003912006-03-21T20:42:00.000-05:002006-03-21T20:42:00.000-05:00Thanks for this post! Community...loved the WGYF c...Thanks for this post! Community...loved the WGYF community and not sure if I believe in cloning--but wish I could clone that enviroment :) I long someday to live in an inentional Quaker (or like minded) community!Liz in the Misthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13535396346855135995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19785125.post-1142988777186586492006-03-21T19:52:00.000-05:002006-03-21T19:52:00.000-05:00I was recently in Florida and discovered that y'al...I was recently in Florida and discovered that y'all has a plural.<BR/>It's All y'all<BR/>:)Peggy Senger Morrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05193006027950622923noreply@blogger.com