Roots https://www.quakerranter.org/tag/roots/ A Weekly Newsletter and Blog from Martin Kelley Mon, 24 Sep 2018 13:42:07 +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 Roots https://www.quakerranter.org/tag/roots/ 32 32 16720591 Ben Woods; Liberal Quakerism and the Need for Roots https://www.quakerranter.org/ben-woods-liberal-quakerism-and-the-need-for-roots-wp/ https://www.quakerranter.org/ben-woods-liberal-quakerism-and-the-need-for-roots-wp/#respond Fri, 21 Sep 2018 19:18:48 +0000 https://www.quakerranter.org/?p=61421 On our relationship with Christianity:

In this vein, for early Friends, ‘being a Christian‘, was more than simply assenting to theological abstracts. To live as a ‘Friend of the Truth’ was to experience directly the claim that God loves the universe perpetually in Christ. In this respect, ‘Quaker’ Christianity is more than a theory or philosophy of things, but a practical relationship with a living person. To walk with Jesus of Nazareth meant to live with the same mantle upon one’s shoulders, to teach, to heal, and to restore.

Reflections on Liberal Quakerism and the Need for Roots

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