Day 210: Summing Up a Life, Without Pressure
Flower arrangement for funeral (Photo credit: Wikipedia) How does one organize a final farewell, in this instance called a “funeral“? Since the funeral is basically for those still alive, how do we...
View ArticleDay 211: All Will Be Revealed
privacy (Photo credit: Sean MacEntee) For all that is secret will eventually be brought into the open, and everything that is concealed will be brought to light and made known to all. (Luke 8:17,...
View ArticleDay 213: Learning New Ways
Light (Photo credit: Road Fun) My hubby and I spent most of yesterday among Quaker Friends at Area Meeting. Once a month, but now every other month, Friends gather in meetings larger than their Local...
View ArticleDay 214: Your Light is Weightier than my Light
Love heart (Photo credit: @Doug88888) As an American, I am used to extreme views on religion and politics. It is in our DNA. So, I was not surprised to learn that some Quakers in America are similar...
View ArticleDay 215: “The Mystery of Your Thirst”
*PRONOIA IS THE ANTIDOTE FOR PARANOIA* by Rob Brezsny is available at Amazon: http://bit.ly/Pronoia or Powells: http://bit.ly/PronoiaPowells Here’s an excerpt: THE MYSTERY OF YOUR THIRST Imagine this...
View ArticleDay 217: Another Look at Quaker Business Method
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View ArticleDay 218: Coffee and Cake in the Morning
Whew! I’ve not slept this late in the morning in quite some time! Last night I drove my husband to London to play at a private party for one of his friends. It was like a living room cabaret; catered...
View ArticleDay 219: Relationships are Tricky
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View ArticleDay 220: God’s Hiddenness and Our Access
On the face of it, God’s hiddenness, like God’s silence, would seem to threaten the whole enterprise of religion, but in fact the opposite is true. If God were readily accessible to people who could...
View ArticleDay 221: Funeral Day
My husband’s mother will be cremated today. He’s run the gamut of emotions for the last two weeks and hopefully today he will be able to find some resolution. Please keep him in your thoughts and...
View ArticleDay 222: From the Sublime to the Ridiculous
Before my husband’s mum took a turn for the worse, I bought him a birthday present in the form of tickets to “The Book of Mormon“, the new play by Matt Stone and Trey Parker, the creators of “South...
View ArticleDay 225: In the Face of Your Children
English: Aerial view of the London Heathrow Airport Terminal 4 (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Up early to drive to Heathrow to pick up my daughter. She flew in from the USA to visit for two weeks! Finding...
View ArticleDay 226: I Love Maru
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View ArticleDay 227: The Importance of Community
We know that as individuals we have no adequate check upon the development of mere notions within our minds; and so we insist upon the discipline of the worshipping community in which mere waywardness...
View ArticleDay 228: Heart Before Hands
Romans 2:9-10 Amplified Bible (AMP) 9 [And] there will be tribulation and anguish and calamity and constraint for every soul of man who [habitually] does evil, the Jew first and also the Greek...
View ArticleDay 229: It’s Best to Get All Sides of the Story
Eastern Orthodox icon of Mary Magdalene as a Myrrhbearer. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Yesterday I read of a new bible coming out that includes within its pages many of the non-canonical texts of the...
View ArticleDay 231: Finding God in the Obvious Place
Yesterday my daughter and husband and I went into town and walked around like regular tourists. My daughter is visiting from the US and we are acting as hosts and guides, which is good because I get to...
View ArticleDay 233: Hell
Hell is paved with priest’s skulls. John Chrysostom, Early Church “Father” (347-407) Filed under: 365 days, Christ, Death, diary, Faith, God, journal, Light, postaday, Quotes, writing Tagged: 365,...
View ArticleDay 234: Self Respect
“It seems to me that I cannot afford, as a self-respecting individual, to refuse to do a thing merely because it will make me disliked or bring down a storm of criticism on my head.” - Eleanor...
View ArticleDay 235: Light
You are the living light in every respect. From You all light shines. Hildegard of Bingen, German mystic, (1098-1179) Filed under: 365 days, diary, Faith, God, journal, Light, Nature, postaday, Quaker,...
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