Quaker Quicks A Simple Faith In A Complicated World

Author : Kate McNally
Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
Page : 73 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2023-07-28
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781803413044

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Quaker Quicks - A Simple Faith in a Complicated World by Kate McNally Pdf

'...takes us on a clear and cogent deep dive into her Quaker experience, with thoughtful descriptions of Quaker ways of working and being in the world. An engaging read.' Gretchen Castle, Dean of Earlham School of Religion and former General Secretary of the Friends World Committee for Consultation Kate McNally grew up in a mainstream Christian faith, where she could not find the connection to the divine that we all seek. She turned to psychology and science and to the pursuit of success. That all worked for a while, providing a measure of comfort but not fulfillment, feeding the ego but not the spirit. Then, at a low point and broken by the drive for success, Kate began a spiritual journey that brought her to the Quakers, where she found a spiritual community and a stripped-down, simple way of following the basic commandment: Love one another. In Quaker Quicks - A Simple Faith in a Complicated World, Kate explores the faith of Jesus rather than the faith about Jesus and shares with us the connections to God, self, and others that have brought her to the spiritual community we all long for. Take this journey with her and explore the idea of perfection and how imperfections make us uniquely ourselves, perfectly suited to the work we are called to do.

Author : John Lampen
Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
Page : 89 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2023-08-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781803413693

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Quaker Quicks - Inner Healing, Inner Peace by John Lampen Pdf

What do Quakers have to offer when there is pain and distress in body, mind and spirit? Can their beliefs and worship help in the processes of healing? In this book, Diana and John Lampen try to answer these questions, drawing on their experiences of caring for troubled people and working in situations of conflict, as well as their long membership of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). The book contains practices which readers can use for themselves.

Author : Graham Ralph (Deputy head)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Quakers
ISBN : 1999726944

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Living Our Beliefs by Graham Ralph (Deputy head) Pdf

This book includes short, simple passages and thoughtful quotations introducing different aspects of Quakerism. Some chapters explore the words we use to express ourselves and our faith. Other chapters describe how and why we worship, make decisions and involve people in our communities. Living Our Beliefs also introduces the testimonies that we use to guide us and some Quaker roles and responsibilities, as well as key dates in Quaker history. This book may intrigue, challenge or comfort you; however it makes you feel, may it inspire you to go out into the world and breathe life into your beliefs. -- Publisher's description.

Author : Jesse White
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2021-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0875744680

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God's Invitation to Creative Play by Jesse White Pdf

Author : Jim Pym
Publisher : Random House
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2010-06-30
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781407080734

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Listening To The Light by Jim Pym Pdf

Quakers have long been respected for their simplicity, integrity, truthfulness, non violence and undestanding of the need for silence. This inspirational little book explores Quaker values and shows how - even if we are not members of the Society of Friends - we can bring Quaker practices and ideals into our everyday lives and relationships with others. Including a fascinating chapter on how to use the tools of Quakerism in a business context, there is also much helpful advice on how to slow down, still the mind and 'let the heart create for us'.

Author : J. Brent Bill
Publisher : Abingdon Press
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2015-12-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781630881320

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Life Lessons from a Bad Quaker by J. Brent Bill Pdf

On quick observation, the Quaker lifestyle boasts peace, solitude, and simplicity—qualities that are attractive to any believer of any denomination or religion. Yet living a life of faith is not as simple as it may look. In fact, it’s often characterized more by the stumbles than the grace. “When someone asks me what kind of Christian I am,” says Quaker author J. Brent Bill, “I say I’m a bad one. I’ve got the belief part down pretty well, I think. It’s in the practice of my belief in everyday life where I often miss the mark.” In Life Lessons from a Bad Quaker, a self-professed non-expert on faith invites readers on a joyful exploration of the faith journey—perfection not required. With whimsy, humor, and wisdom, Bill shows readers how to put faith into practice to achieve a life that is soulfully still yet active, simple yet satisfying, peaceful yet strong. For anyone who is bad at being good, this is an invitation to a pilgrimage toward a more meaningful and satisfying life . . . one step—or stumble—at a time.

Author : J. Brent Bill
Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2021-07-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781789046205

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Hope and Witness in Dangerous Times by J. Brent Bill Pdf

This book invites all people of faith to consider how our personal and communal faith practices in growing deeper spirituality should bring us to a fresh engagement with the needs of this world. This includes being active in promoting those values which align with our understanding of the gospel and standing against injustice, oppression, and evil inflicted on any of God’s children. Such activism, rooted in deep spirituality, may include being what Quaker civil rights activist Bayard Rustin called “angelic troublemakers.”

Author : John William Graham
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1920
Category : Mysticism
ISBN : 0665666152

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The Faith of a Quaker by John William Graham Pdf

Author : Britain Yearly Meeting (Society of Friends)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 679 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Pastoral theology
ISBN : 1907123016

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Quaker Faith and Practice by Britain Yearly Meeting (Society of Friends) Pdf

This book of Quaker faith and practice is an attempt to express Truth through the vital personal and corporate experience of Friends. It is largely composed of extracts: a fitting way of expressing the breadth of Quaker theology. It also describes the current structures of Britain Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends.--Back cover.

Author : Philip Gulley
Publisher : Convergent Books
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2013-09-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780307955807

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Living the Quaker Way by Philip Gulley Pdf

A Publishers Weekly “Top 10 in Religion” selection. “This is nothing less than the gospel itself…a much-needed book.” —FR. RICHARD ROHR, OFM, Center for Action and Contemplation, Albuquerque, New Mexico “Living the Quaker Way is a treasure trove of practical wisdom about what it means to bear witness to our hope for a better world.” —Parker J. Palmer, author of Let Your Life Speak Philip Gulley invites us into a bracing encounter with the rich truths of Quakerism—a centuries-old spiritual tradition that provides not only a foundation of faith but also vision for making the world more just, loving, and peaceable by our presence. In Living the Quaker Way, Gulley shows how Quaker values provide real solutions to many of our most pressing contemporary challenges. We not only come to a deeper appreciation of simplicity, peace, integrity, community, and equality, we see how embracing these virtues will radically transform us and our world. Living the Quaker Way includes a 30-day spiritual practice that applies the Quaker tradition of Queries.

Author : Rufus Matthew Jones
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1928
Category : Society of Friends
ISBN : OCLC:1064730508

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The Faith and Practice of the Quakers by Rufus Matthew Jones Pdf

Author : Lisa Samson
Publisher : Thomas Nelson
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2008-04-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781418568139

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Quaker Summer by Lisa Samson Pdf

Sometimes you have to go a little bit crazy to discover the life you were meant to live. Heather Curridge is coming unhinged. And people are starting to notice. What's wrong with a woman who has everything--a mansion on a lake, a loving son, a heart-surgeon husband--yet still feels miserable inside? When Heather spends the summer with two ancient Quaker sisters and a crusty nun running a downtown homeless shelter, she finds herself at a crossroads. Life turns upside down for Heather in a Quaker Summer. “One of the most powerful voices in Christian fiction, Samson delivers ...a staggering examination of the Christian conscience.” –Publishers Weekly

Author : Geoffrey Durham
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2010-11-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780300175011

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The Spirit of the Quakers by Geoffrey Durham Pdf

Who are the Quakers, what do they believe, and what do they practice? The Religious Society of Friends--also known as Quakers---believes that everyone can have a direct experience of God. Quakers express this in a unique form of worship that inspires them to work for change in themselves and in the world. In "The Spirit of the Quakers," Geoffrey Durham, himself a Friend, explains Quakerism through quotations from writings that cover 350 years, from the beginnings of the movement to the present day.Peace and equality are major themes in the book, but readers will also find thought-provoking passages on the importance of action for social change, the primacy of truth, the value of simplicity, the need for a sense of community, and much more. The quoted texts convey a powerful religious impulse, courage in the face of persecution, the warmth of human relationships, and dedicated perseverance in promoting just causes. The extended quotations have been carefully selected from well-known Quakers such as George Fox, William Penn, John Greenleaf Whittier, Elizabeth Fry and John Woolman, as well as many contemporary Friends. Together with Geoffrey Durham's enlightening and sympathetic introductions to the texts, the extracts from these writers form an engaging, often moving guide to this accessible and open-hearted religious faith.

Author : Robynne Rogers Healey
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2021-02-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780271089676

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Quakerism in the Atlantic World, 1690–1830 by Robynne Rogers Healey Pdf

This third installment in the New History of Quakerism series is a comprehensive assessment of transatlantic Quakerism across the long eighteenth century, a period during which Quakers became increasingly sectarian even as they expanded their engagement with politics, trade, industry, and science. The contributors to this volume interrogate and deconstruct this paradox, complicating traditional interpretations of what has been termed “Quietist Quakerism.” Examining the period following the Toleration Act in England of 1689 through the Hicksite-Orthodox Separation in North America, this work situates Quakers in the eighteenth-century British Atlantic world. Three thematic sections—exploring unique Quaker testimonies and practices; tensions between Quakerism in community and Quakerism in the world; and expressions of Quakerism around the Atlantic world—broaden geographic understandings of the Quaker Atlantic experience to determine how local events shaped expressions of Quakerism. The authors challenge oversimplified interpretations of Quaker practices and reveal a complex Quaker world, one in which prescription and practice were more often negotiated than dictated, even after the mid-eighteenth-century “reformation” and tightening of the Discipline on both sides of the Atlantic. Accessible and well-researched, Quakerism in the Atlantic World, 1690-1830, provides fresh insights and raises new questions about an understudied period of Quaker history. In addition to the editor, the contributors to this volume include Richard C. Allen, Erin Bell, Erica Canela, Elizabeth Cazden, Andrew Fincham, Sydney Harker, Rosalind Johnson, Emma Lapsansky-Werner, Jon Mitchell, and Geoffrey Plank.

Author : Joanna Godfrey Wood
Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2021-04-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781789045789

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Quaker Quicks - In Step with Quaker Testimony by Joanna Godfrey Wood Pdf

Margaret Fell was an inspiring and practical leader in the early Quaker movement in 17th-century England. Remembered as the wife of George Fox, her writings have been largely forgotten. This book brings them to life again, with excerpts and reflections structured around the four testimonies that have continued to shape Quaker witness to this day: Simplicity, Truth, Equality and Peace. To do this, Joanna Godfrey Wood follows each passage with a modern adaptation of Fell's words and then explores her own personal responses from a 21st-century perspective. We are left with a sense of a strong and beautiful bridge linking past and present.