tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27429478.post772389925771378566..comments2024-03-27T06:09:04.368-04:00Comments on Blogging, Near Philadelphia: That of GodNancy Near Philadelphiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08803134620826322075noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27429478.post-71610573606284869002014-03-24T18:20:20.009-04:002014-03-24T18:20:20.009-04:00Nancy, I also affirm your notion that "that o...Nancy, I also affirm your notion that "that of God in everyone" activates out God within and helps us reach out. However, that is not what the Quakers are getting at. What they mean is that God is in everyone, Hitler or whomever, and changes th toward classifying other people as "other" than us. It is a tough standard.jangola65https://www.blogger.com/profile/00315042746251935915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27429478.post-10724019989089215552007-02-19T01:25:00.000-05:002007-02-19T01:25:00.000-05:00Good thoughts, Nancy. If we are children of God...Good thoughts, Nancy. If we are children of God, is God not in us? Are we not his hands, oftentimes doing the things he has prompted us toward?<BR/><BR/>"What manner of men ought ye to be? Verily I say unto you, even as I am."Susan https://www.blogger.com/profile/09159163720029661287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27429478.post-28529631023710605532007-02-18T21:23:00.000-05:002007-02-18T21:23:00.000-05:00Nancy, thank you for this thoughtful post. I too ...Nancy, thank you for this thoughtful post. I too used to wonder what it meant when someone said they would pray for you. I found myself saying it too, and then forgetting to follow through on the promise. Now I still say it, but I do the praying right then and there.<BR/><BR/>I had to write a paper in my theology class about how my study of other religions (that they taught in class) affected my own religion. Since I have been around great many religions - I think my views are formed much more globally. I tend to pick and choose to like what I like about different religions and call them my own.Shelinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09870112367076954109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27429478.post-52176038288715777872007-02-18T16:44:00.000-05:002007-02-18T16:44:00.000-05:00Nancy, I have been reading your blog because you a...Nancy, I have been reading your blog because you and I both post comments on Mrs. Goodneedle's blog. I'm also a Massachusetts Lutheran, and I've read this post with great interest. It is so well written and really captures the essence of the journey we are all on, no matter what our denomination. <BR/><BR/>I have a dear friend who grew up Quaker and married a Lutheran man. In her own words, their wedding ceremony "had to have enough talking for the Lutherans and enough silence for the Quakers". She was baptized and became Lutheran long several years after their marriage, but she still practices her moments of silence, now as part of her Lutheran faith. <BR/><BR/>I also believe that God is in each and every one of us. For reasons way too long to write here, I have such an affection for the musical, "Les Miserable". There is a line in the musical that never fails to bring me to tears. Jean Valjean and Fantine sing, "To love another person is to see the face of God". We are God's love made manifest. How many times have we felt that someone was sent into our lives to do God's work for/with us? <BR/><BR/>I, too, believe I hold people in Christ's Light. My prayers are not always deliberate, thoughtful prayers, but quick petitions, short snipits of chat with God. Those I pray for are in the my thoughts throughout the day, not just when I sit to say my prayers. I believe that's holding them in the Light. <BR/><BR/>Thanks, Nancy, for a lovely post that touched my heart.Ancestor Collectorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03127282622653034183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27429478.post-64424149880048866842007-02-16T18:21:00.000-05:002007-02-16T18:21:00.000-05:00"Be still and know that I am God". I think you are..."Be still and know that I am God". I think you are embarking on a wonderful journey. God didn't make denominations, we did. Being people of the book, we sometimes forget the indwelling of God in our lives.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27429478.post-25106467965259253952007-02-16T14:42:00.000-05:002007-02-16T14:42:00.000-05:00As a Baptist (progressive, mind you), I have long ...As a Baptist (progressive, mind you), I have long admired Quaker ideas, especially the Quaker works in regards to peace and their practice of silence. In my current faith community, we practice silence at the start of every Sunday morning worship service. That is not a practice I have grown up with as a Baptist, but I find myself wanting it and needing it!<BR/><BR/>We become richer through our experience in diversity.<BR/><BR/>Greg<BR/>http://blog.greggriffey.netGreghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15984292011603052399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27429478.post-1945269962215931912007-02-16T10:01:00.000-05:002007-02-16T10:01:00.000-05:00Blogger ate my comment -- suffice it to say that I...Blogger ate my comment -- suffice it to say that I find this post lovely, inspirational and a wonderful witness to the journey of faith. Thank you for sharing.Pink Shoeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11296241924143424891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27429478.post-75854775434673713622007-02-16T09:27:00.000-05:002007-02-16T09:27:00.000-05:00God Bless any attempt to understand God and our li...God Bless any attempt to understand God and our life in Him!LoieJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01977264499770654307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27429478.post-47611568922490594402007-02-16T06:31:00.000-05:002007-02-16T06:31:00.000-05:00Nancy, I completely agree with your closing paragr...Nancy, I completely agree with your closing paragraph... you are no less Lutheran for exploring Quakerism, or anything else for that matter, if you can draw from that one thing that reinforces your own daily living, breathing faith; the faith that we profess. I think the concept of 'holding in the light of Christ' is inspiring myself! Great, thoughtful, post!Mrs. Goodneedlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07453388163219666450noreply@blogger.com