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...
