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.
Friendship even when cutting edges don't overlap
C Wess Daniels has a good post following up the Quaker Heritage Day events last weekend in Berkeley. The featured speaker was Brian Drayton, a New England Friend in the liberal unprogrammed tradition who's been doing a lot of good work around reclaiming traditionally-minded Quaker ministry (at least that's how I'd pigeon-hole him from afar, I've never actually met him!).
It's interesting to hear how Wess, a programmed Evangelical Friend, experienced the event. Part of Drayton's appeal to us liberals is his unashamed use of Christian language (at least in his writings), something that's just a given in Evangelical communities. His post reminds me of the time I went to a Indie Allies Meetup in Philadelphia (pre-kids!) and shared pizza and good conversation with an interesting table-full of non-Quaker Christians. I wrote then:
Just about each of us at the table were coming from different theological starting points, but it’s safe to say we are all “post” something or other... We are all trying to find new ways to relate to our faith, to Christ and to one another in our church communities. There’s something about building relationships that are deeper, more down-to-earth and real.
A few more links on Quaker Heritage Day over here (URL subject to change!).
March 8, 2007 7:38 PM.
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Categories: quaker | Tags: allies, berkeley, building a house, christians, good conversation, heritage day, indie, liberals, lot of good, meetup, new england, new language, pigeon hole, quaker heritage, quaker ministry, reflections, wess
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