Quaker Book - Quaker Ranter https://www.quakerranter.org A Weekly Newsletter and Blog from Martin Kelley Thu, 20 Jun 2019 21:35:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/www.quakerranter.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/cropped-qr-512.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Quaker Book - Quaker Ranter https://www.quakerranter.org 32 32 16720591 What is a Quaker Book of Faith and Practice? https://www.quakerranter.org/what-is-a-quaker-book-of-faith-and-practice/ https://www.quakerranter.org/what-is-a-quaker-book-of-faith-and-practice/#respond Thu, 20 Jun 2019 21:13:05 +0000 https://www.quakerranter.org/?p=61822 Thomas Hamm is one of the most literary QuakerSpeak interviewees—you could probably take his raw transcript and publish it as a Friends Journal article. But it’s good to have a YouTube-accessible explanation of one of the only formal compendiums of belief and practices that we creed-adverse Friends produce. It’s also fascinating to learn how the purpose and structure of Faith and Practice has differed over time, geography, and theology.

What do Quakers believe? How do we practice our faith? The best place to look for the answers might be in a book of faith and practice. Here’s what they are and how they evolved over time.

http://quakerspeak.com/what-is-a-quaker-book-of-faith-and-practice/

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Quakers have a saying, that we ‘hold in the light’ those we are acting in solidarity with. This weekend we need those movements we’re part of to hold us in the light. Only when we are working on ourselves can we work with others. 

https://www.opendemocracy.net/uk/tim-gee/of-quakers-and-deep-democracy-is-it-time-to-renew-quaker-book

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