tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19785125.post7512404832085383600..comments2024-01-03T07:56:32.311-05:00Comments on quaker oats live: "poorer, poorer. slower, slower. smaller, smaller."Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07488876505679035140noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19785125.post-12369875588873528632012-10-11T15:25:19.530-04:002012-10-11T15:25:19.530-04:00The article you reference isn't actually by Ji...The article you reference isn't actually by Jim Wallis, it's by Bob Sabath (you can find it here: <br />http://sojo.net/sojomail/2012/02/16). Bob is one of the co-founders of Sojourners. A revised and expanded version of the article will appear as the cover feature for the December issue of Sojourners magazine.Religious but not Righthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05131123439968521634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19785125.post-5960745526480633932012-03-09T09:07:16.372-05:002012-03-09T09:07:16.372-05:00When I started distributing the meeting mail after...When I started distributing the meeting mail after becoming clerk, I quipped that we needed ten times our current membership just to keep up with the projects we'd already engaged. A half dozen years later, as we have difficulty filling our committee positions, we're forced to ask just what IS the business of meeting and how do we best accomplish it? <br /><br />Woolman didn't attempt to change the world, just the Society of Friends. And, in warning of the "cumbers and cares" around us, he focused his message on economic conditions (not just slavery). That part of his message remains relevant. <br /><br />One of the major issues Friends need to address in the coming years is the matter of earning a livelihood in ways that integrate our faith into our daily activity. For too many of us, the workplace has become ever more remote from our worship.Jnana Hodsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19785125.post-10917235855710733292012-03-07T23:08:20.783-05:002012-03-07T23:08:20.783-05:00Outstanding! Preach it, Cherice!
You can count on...Outstanding! Preach it, Cherice!<br /><br />You can count on me as a member of your extended community to cheer you on, speak hard truth and pray for you. Life in Christ is scary, but God has given us brothers and sisters to walk with.Micah Baleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06849915973708989620noreply@blogger.com