tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4497531321890746707.post4035747080263151576..comments2024-01-31T15:10:55.111+00:00Comments on Transition Quaker: Radical WelcomeCraig Barnetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16201061939693242954noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4497531321890746707.post-57513384925671179622012-05-29T21:49:40.079+01:002012-05-29T21:49:40.079+01:00Westfield - I am delighted you are worshipping wit...Westfield - I am delighted you are worshipping with us, welcome.<br /><br />Scarlet - I wouldn't feel confident in asserting that 'most' Quakers in BYM are not looking for community. Of course Meetings (and Quakers) vary enormously, but many of the new Friends I know have been drawn to Quakers partly through their search for a life-giving community. <br /><br />Chris - I'm not sure that giving way to others is an instinctive response for people of any class background.Craig Barnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16201061939693242954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4497531321890746707.post-69970894921693355812012-05-24T19:00:32.999+01:002012-05-24T19:00:32.999+01:00I am sure scarletharlot is right - community has g...I am sure scarletharlot is right - community has got to involve letting the I give way to the thou in others - and that is not an instinctive middle-class response. We also have to remember that George asked us first to be patterns and examples and then promised that, if we dared, we would come to see that of God in everyone - we don't need to look for it as a qualification!ChrisAssistanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16182470758386053522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4497531321890746707.post-76083137345494717442012-05-24T13:08:25.710+01:002012-05-24T13:08:25.710+01:00How though can we be a Worshiping Community withou...How though can we be a Worshiping Community without being a Community? I feel that there is an elephant in the room, most 'Quakers' in BYM see community as at best an 'optional possibly desirable' extra in their 'spirituality'. Most Local Meetings in BYM are dead in spirit. And some meetings will not welcome anyone who is 'different.scarletharlot69https://www.blogger.com/profile/02945743240393735233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4497531321890746707.post-55811144772716930602012-05-24T09:17:03.351+01:002012-05-24T09:17:03.351+01:00Ok, so I'm white and middle-aged, but I'm ...Ok, so I'm white and middle-aged, but I'm still looking forward to my fifth Meeting for Worship tonight! As a Friend said on Sunday: "Quakerism is caught, not taught".westfieldeditorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14963703247505011787noreply@blogger.com