I am a South Jersey Friend and dad with a love out of outreach and a passion for looking afresh at Friends' testimonies, language and practices. I am the publisher of Quaker Quaker, a community site for Friends, and write about online publicity, organizing and design on my business site at MartinKelley.com.
Fighting Quakers, figuring God (Links)
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"It is difficult to remain a part of an organization which exhibits so little concern for our own BYM history and suggestions for policy and direction....It is also difficult to sever ties with part of our history."
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"What do leadings feel like? Quakers talk a lot about being led or following leadings. What does this feel like? How do you recognize the experience? How do I distinguish an idea whose source is genuinely divine from my own thoughts and opinions?"
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"It may be the most useful document ever produced by a member yearly meeting's representatives in my memory, but only [if it's] not mined for 'bombshell' value [and] the document's users are willing to tease out management issues from theological issues."

