Comments on: Extended summers and jobs old and new

By: gil

gil — Mon, 10 Oct 2005 12:06:44 +0000

So glad to hear how things have worked out for you on the job front. In my experience if the way opens it’s best to go with the flow!
When I left Library school many years ago I wrote to all the religious libraries in London I had visited for a project I had done and sent them my CV. Friends House Library asked me in for an interview and asked where I’d seen the job advertisement — of course I hadn’t seen it but I got the job, and eventually through what I learned there became a Friend!
Sorry about the bike though!

By: Joe G.

Joe G. — Sun, 09 Oct 2005 14:40:06 +0000

Congrats, papa on the new job. Wow, you have two part-time jobs, your wife has one. That seems about right when it comes to cobbling together a ministry. 🙂
Does this mean you are going to start a podcast as part of the outreach for Quakerism, HINT, HINT, HINT…
Hey, we Friends need it. There’s only one church service, a very occasional “Quaker Voices”, and I only do a small part of my podcast on Quakers. Come on!
Oh, I know, if the Spirit leads, etc., etc., etc. 🙂
If I ever get the equipment or money to together, I’d love to interview you, amongst a few others. That would be fun. I’d send you the list of my questions up front so you could think about.
Anyway, good job on the new job! I look forward to many more posts from thee.

By: Paul Landskroener

Paul Landskroener — Sat, 08 Oct 2005 08:35:54 +0000

I, too, am glad the employment thing has worked out, for now at least. It sounds to me as if you’re in just the right position to carry on your ministry.
I, too, met my wife at the FGC Gathering — Oberlin 1986. And we aren’t the only two, I know. I think it’d be a gas to see a list of similarly met couples. It’s one of the important functions of the Gathering to keep the family together & growing.

By: Scott Wagoner

Scott Wagoner — Thu, 06 Oct 2005 23:40:24 +0000

Congratulations Martin — I am also glad things worked out for you. I have been nourished and challenged by your writings and you have helped me become refocused on gaining a deeper understanding of my own Quaker faith tradition. You are doing an important work in keeping alive a vision of a vital, vigourous, and adventurous Quaker witness. It’s funny, the more I read about the Emergent Church, the more I’m convinced that this is simply replicating the original vision of Quakerism. Keep up the good work and maybe sometime we can actually talk on the phone and trade notes and thoughts.

By: Robin M.

Robin M. — Thu, 06 Oct 2005 19:30:26 +0000

God sends rain on the just and the unjust alike, or so I’ve heard.
On another note, now you’ll have to put your money where your mouth is, so to speak. Where IS that Lost Generation? What DO young Friends want? How WILL the Internet and Quaker blogs revolutionize the Religious Society of Friends?
And will this mean neglecting us, your Quaker Ranter audience?
Congratulations and good luck!
Robin

By: Liz Opp

Liz Opp — Thu, 06 Oct 2005 18:26:30 +0000

Hey, Martin. It’s about time that this news be posted here. For awhile, I thought that our phone conversation from a couple months ago, where you first mentioned this possibility, was make-believe.
Y’know, it didn’t sound to me like you were truly led to leave FGC, so I’m glad Way opened for you and your family to be cared for… and for your gifts of outreach and weaving community to be put to better use!
Blessings,
Liz, The Good Raised Up

By: Craig

Craig — Thu, 06 Oct 2005 08:45:39 +0000

Ya know Martin, we could always use one more Quaker in Greensboro :-).

By: Amanda

Amanda — Wed, 05 Oct 2005 14:03:12 +0000

Glad to hear all this, Martin!
Except for the bike theft. That’s awful. I had it happen to me once, and it made me quite sad. Poor Theo!