by | 22, Oct, J | blog, Spiritual Deepening
Friends turned to these writers for inspiration Richard Rohr, https://cac.org/category/daily-meditations/ – daily meditations which encourage reflection Henri Nouwen. https://henrinouwen.org/read-nouwen/free-daily-meditation/ book “The Return of the...
by | 22, Oct, J | blog, Spiritual Deepening
We first considered what happens when we hear “racism” or even just, the term “race.” Where do these words land in the body? What emotions could these sensations point to? The body feelings cited were often in the heart, the throat and were...
by | 26, Aug, J | blog, Spiritual Deepening
Because of an intensified interest in what Friends’ role might be in creating a more just economic system, our spiritual deepening of 5 August was on Universal Basic Income. One area we wished to better inform ourselves is that of Universal Basic Income (UBI)...
by | 26, Aug, J | blog, Spiritual Deepening
Notes taken during the 2020-08-19 Spiritual Deepening Session on Vocal Ministry We began our worship sharing session with the question, “What brings you here today?” Many spoke of how difficult it can be to discern the right time to speak, the message to give. ...
by | 18, Aug, J | blog, Spiritual Deepening
A Friend in Geneva shared during MfW the following quote from the book. “Guidance of life by the Light within is not exhausted as is too frequently supposed, in special leadings toward particular tasks. It begins first of all in a mass revision of our total reaction...
by | 3, Aug, J | blog, Spiritual Deepening
Ed began his talk by referring to an article in the Economist about why bother baking bread at home? The head of an industrial bakery wrote an OpEd letter about baking bread in pandemic times. He praised it as as a social use of time, and an education; home...
by | 3, Aug, J | blog, Spiritual Deepening
1 July 2020 – Our conversation was a free flowing one centered on developing ideas around the definition of “work” and specifically, of “useful work.” Key ideas that emerged around the definition of work are: working = living The human is...
by | 3, Aug, J | blog, Spiritual Deepening
In July during our Wednesday sessions, we considered the query of the month Do you respect the value of all useful work, whether paid or unpaid, whether physical or intellectual, whether performed in the home or in the larger community? Respectons-nous le valeur de...
by | 5, Jun, J | blog, Spiritual Deepening
Resources and background materials This list of resources was compiled over the month of June 2020 when we focused our sessions on racism, Quakers and race, and white privilege. Geneva MM Spiritual Deepening sessions for the month of June 2020 will take place in...
by | 8, Apr, J | blog, Spiritual Deepening
We received this message via a Geneva Friend who is a member of meeting in Australia. Victoria Regional Meeting, Religious Society of Friends, Quakers Our Testimony of Community in the Time of a Pandemic In 1667 during the Great Plague, Isaac Penington wrote to the...
