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How I center down during Quaker Meeting for Worship

Posted on February 1, 2009December 4, 2023 by

It is always useful for me to learn how other Quakers get themselves into the meditative state that we call “centering down.”  When Quakers gather during our Meetings for Worship, we are seeking to be in a calm, quiet, reflective, receptive state.  In our rushed, complicated lives, achieving this state of “expectant waiting” is not…

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Dancing alone, dancing in community

Posted on January 25, 2009February 16, 2019 by

Several people at Quaker Meeting today wanted me to share this message I spoke at Meeting for Worship this morning.  So here’s the gist of it: Last night I attended two dances. I ended the evening at a soul party in Fort Greene. There was a certain kind of joy in the room, with a …

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DC Quakers offer inauguration day rest area : come in from the cold!

Posted on January 17, 2009 by

For those of you coming to Washington DC for the presidential inauguration this Tuesday, I'm sure you are wondering how you are going to keep warm and take a break during the chilly festivities.  The local Quakers in DC have thought of this too, and are generously opening their doors to anyone that day who…

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Learning to love and accept “Quatheists” (Nontheist Friends) at Powell House

Posted on January 4, 2009 by

For three days I have been at the beautiful Powell House Quaker retreat center, up in Old Chatham, New York.  I have been attending a workshop on “nontheist Quakers” led by Robin Alpern and Zach Alexander with about 16 other Quakers from around the northeast area. I arrived with a good dose of skepticism about…

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Learning about “nontheist Quakers” this weekend at Powell House

Posted on December 28, 2008 by

I'm going on a somewhat last minute trip up to the Quaker retreat center Powell House in Old Chatham, NY. I've been wanting to head up to Powell House for the past few months. Danielle from Brooklyn Meeting offered to get a car and drive up, so I jumped at the opportunity. The occasion is…

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A Quaker Christmas Tree?

Posted on December 21, 2008 by

This afternoon I was surprised to see that there is a Christmas tree in the "coffee hour" area of the Brooklyn Quaker Meeting that I attend.  Apparently Brooklyn Meeting even holds a "Christmas Tree Festival" for our young people where Santa Claus makes an appearance! I find this all vaguely disconcerting and un-Quakerly. Historically, Quakers…

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Holding each other in the Light

Posted on December 7, 2008 by

One of my favorite Quaker practices is during Meeting for Worship when we allow time for people to share particular situations or people that they want the Meeting to "hold in the Light."  At Brooklyn Meeting, this happens at the end of Meeting for Worship, when the person sitting "head of Meeting" welcomes anyone to…

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