by | 13, Apr, J | blog, Spiritual Deepening
What do Friends mean by “right ordering”? Here are two definitions given by Friends. Right ordering – done in the correct manner, in keeping with Quaker tradition and practice. A body of wisdom and insights that has evolved over three hundred years of...
by | 22, Mar, J | blog, Spiritual Deepening
At this Spiritual Deepening session participants shared thoughts on migration as well as reactions to the Quaker Statement on Migration (8/12/2020) issued by a number of Quaker organizations. This note outlines some of the main issues arising, which included thoughts...
by | 24, Jan, J | blog, Spiritual Deepening
source – https://www.wbcsd.org/Programs/Climate-and-Energy/Climate/Climate-Action-and-Policy We welcomed Julian Rees of Loughborough meeting who came to speak to us about the Sustainability Handbook recently created by that meeting. The handbook...
by | 24, Jan, J | blog, Spiritual Deepening
David Sunderland invited us to sing two Taizé songs and told of his experience there. Others who had also been to Taizé shared their experience as well. The Taizé Community in Eastern France is known for its distinctive worship involving a mix of repetitive chants,...
by | 17, Jan, J | blog, Spiritual Deepening
Death always walks among us, but these pandemic times have made us even more aware of the fragility of our physical bodies, and forces us to even if we do not directly experience death to support those around us who are. We welcomed Judith Brown of Toulouse meeting...
by | 13, Jan, J | blog, Spiritual Deepening
Our discussion was facilitated by Art Funkhouser from the Quaker group in Bern. A practicing Jungian analyst, he has a particular interest in contemplation and mysticism as well as dreamwork and OBE (out of body experiences). We began by considering the definition...
by | 6, Jan, J | blog, Spiritual Deepening
The session was in French with Ffriends from Toulouse and Paris. In the first part, Ed Dommen introduced the Atelier œcuménique de théologie (www.aotge.ch), a two-year course (one weekly session and some Saturdays) providing an introduction to a critical reading...
by | 3, Dec, J | blog, Spiritual Deepening
Source: Business Change Management Worship & Spiritual Deepening, 2 Dec: ‘Living in Changing Times’ Our group reflected on the issues raised in QCEA’s challenging paper “Finding a European Quaker Voice for the moment.” The document is available on the QCEA...
by | 18, Nov, J | blog, Spiritual Deepening
Announcement: Worship & Spiritual Deepening, 18 Nov: ‘A New Story’ After Meeting for Worship at 18:30, we invite Ffriends to sit down together (Zoomly of course) and describe how we see our society at this moment in time. This is our current...
by | 11, Nov, J | blog, Spiritual Deepening
Many of us are deeply concerned by the division and polarization which we see around us, and which has been particularly evident in this latest U.S. election. Here are some preliminary questions to consider: · How do we...
