Category: Spiritual Practice
Ideas and thoughts inspired by a wide range of spiritual practice, especially how they connect to our work in the world.
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AdventWord 2022: Ready
I sometimes feel like I spend my time rushing to catch up, and then I am never quite ready for the challenges ahead. #Advent is a time to prepare, to take the time to get ready. This can mean gift shopping and sending cards, but can also mean taking the time to prepare spiritually and emotionally.
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AdventWords 2022: Mountains
Respect the wide diversity among us in our lives and relationships. Refrain from making prejudiced judgments about the life journeys of others. Do you foster the spirit of mutual understanding and forgiveness which our discipleship asks of us? Remember that each one of us is unique, precious, a child of God. QF&P: 1.02.22 Tim Gouw
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#AdventWord 2019: 18 Worship
Worship is a fundamental part of religious life. As a Quaker I appreciate the belief that everything is equally sacred. Therefore any Quaker business meeting uses the ‘Quaker Business Method’ and a (local, area or yearly) meeting’s business meeting is formally called, a ‘Meeting for Worship for Business’, we also have ‘Meeting for Worship for
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#AdventWord 2019: 17 Pray
Prayer is an exercise of the spirit, as thought is of the mind. To pray about anything is to use the powers of our spirit on it, just as to think clearly is to use our mental powers. For the best solution of every problem, the best carrying out of every action, both thought and
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Christian Entrepreneurship
A&Q 1 and Christian Entrepreneurship While I love Advice & Queries 1, “Take heed, dear Friends, to the promptings of love and truth in your hearts. Trust them as the leadings of God whose Light shows us our darkness and brings us to new life.” I had not previously considered it as business advice. During
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Quaker A-Z: M is for Mission and Money (but not Marketing)
This is part of the Quaker Alphabet Project click here for more information. M is for Mission What is your mission? Not a question that is asked often here in the UK. But one that was a common first question among people meeting in Kenya during the FWCC World Conference in 2012. Instead of the more
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Quaker A-Z E is for Equality & Environment
This is part of the Quaker Alphabet Project click here for more information. E is for Equality and Environment Environment Here I’m not thinking of our green and pleasant land, but around the Meeting House inside and out. According to Quaker Faith & Practice – Elders have a responsibility to ensure ‘the right holding of
