I’m a Quaker from
South Jersey with a love of
outreach and ministry.
More bio and my contact information in my
about Martin
post. My other sites: QuakerQuaker.org, a
social networking site for Quaker bloggers and
MartinKelley.com, my
technology blog and freelance web services site.
School salvation and courting the ridiculous (Links)
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For the brilliant training that I recieved, I will always be grateful to the Quakers. They rescued me from a dim and drearly life, from isolation and affluence, into the powerful world of service and spirit.
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"For many people the Quaker Meeting is primarily a 'safe space' - a place to be themselves, where they will be accepted ... without expectations or demands.... But for me there is something missing from this image.
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"It might not seem like much, especially if you've attended silent peace vigils, but taking your faith and way of meeting into the open, offering it up for view and possibly ridicule is a big step."
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"What do you all think about this situation? Should we as Friends do something about the immigration issue? If so, what? If someone is an illegal immigrant, how should we help them? Should we break the law?"
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"Does a spiritual community differ from a social community because instead of human-to-human relationships it is based on human-to-God-to-human relationships? Is it based on "a call" to join the group? Is it covenantal in nature?.."
Reclaiming the Power of Primitive Quakerism for the 21st Century