{"id":3125719,"date":"2017-11-01T01:40:45","date_gmt":"2017-11-01T05:40:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/book\/mkutano-uliokusanywa\/"},"modified":"2017-11-01T01:40:45","modified_gmt":"2017-11-01T05:40:45","slug":"mkutano-uliokusanywa","status":"publish","type":"fpb_book","link":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/book\/mkutano-uliokusanywa\/","title":{"rendered":"Mkutano uliokusanywa"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Na Steven Davison. Vipeperushi vya Pendle Hill (namba 444), 2017. Kurasa 34. $7 kwa kila kijitabu. <\/i><\/b><\/h3>\n

Nunua kutoka kwa QuakerBooks<\/span><\/a><\/h4>\n

Mara ya kwanza niliposoma kijitabu cha Steven Davison moyo wangu uliruka na kusema, \u201cNdiyo!\u201d Nilipoisoma mara ya pili, nililia. Kwa nini kuna tofauti? Mara ya kwanza nilipoungana na tangazo la Davison kwamba mkutano uliokusanyika ni \u201cmojawapo ya zawadi kuu tunazopaswa kutoa kwa ulimwengu.\u201d Mara ya pili niligundua ukweli wa kukiri kwake kwamba Marafiki wengi sana hawajawahi kukutana na mkutano uliokusanyika na hawajui ni nini wao-na sisi tunakosa. <\/p>\n

Akitumia Thomas Kelly, William Taber, Patricia Loring, na uzoefu wake mwenyewe wa kina, Davison anatuleta pamoja kutoka kwa maelezo ya mkutano uliokusanyika, kupitia uzoefu wake mwenyewe wa kubadilisha mkutano huo, hadi vipengele muhimu vya mkutano uliokusanyika na umuhimu wake kwa imani yetu kama jumuiya ya kidini, na hatimaye kwenye mjadala wa kile tunachoweza kufanya ili kuhimiza kutokea kwake mara kwa mara.<\/p>\n

Mkutano uliokusanywa ni nini? Mkutano ambao ”tunapitia kile tunachotafuta kama jumuiya ya kidini: uthibitisho wa ndani katika imani yetu ya kibinafsi, umoja wa kusudi katika uongozi wa Roho Mtakatifu, na hisia ya kina ya Uwepo.” Davison anaelezea sifa hizi zilizopo katika mkutano uliokusanyika: nguvu, uwepo, ujuzi, umoja, furaha, na ushirika mtakatifu. <\/p>\n

Mkutano wa kukumbukwa zaidi wa Davison mwenyewe ulifanyika mnamo 1991 katika mashauriano ya Quaker huko Richmond, Ind., juu ya ”Quaker Treasure: Je, Tunashikilia Nini Katika Kuaminiana Pamoja?” Sio tu kwamba washiriki wa kikundi tofauti walijikuta katika makubaliano juu ya mambo manne muhimu ya imani ya Quaker na mazoezi, lakini ”walifagiliwa” kwa makubaliano kamili zaidi. Anakumbuka \u201cwimbi kubwa la shangwe\u201d na \u201cshukrani nyingi.\u201d Kilichounganisha yote ni upendo. <\/p>\n

Inatia moyo kwamba kuna mambo tunaweza kufanya, kibinafsi na kama mkutano, ili kujitayarisha kwa uwezekano wa kukusanywa. Wahimize Marafiki wakae karibu zaidi, labda kwa kung’oa viti vya nyuma. Kuwa na ”kuketi vizuri na udhibiti wa hali ya hewa.” Tambua kwamba inachukua kama dakika 20 kwa kikundi kuweka katikati, na muda huu unaongezwa na wanaochelewa kuingia ndani. Inasaidia kuwafanya wote wanaochelewa kuingia mara moja ili kufupisha muda wa fujo. Kuna mambo mengi ambayo watu binafsi wanaweza kufanya ili kujitayarisha kwa ajili ya kuwapo katika ibada. Zoezi muhimu Jumapili asubuhi kabla ya kukutana ni kuweka akili ikielekezwa kwa Roho kwa kusoma ibada na kuzingatia nyumbani. Kusikiliza habari au kusoma karatasi hukengeusha kutoka kwa kuzingatia sana, kama vile kuharakishwa. Ikiwa wale walio na hangaiko la kina cha ibada wanaweza kuja mapema na kuanza ibada, hiyo inasaidia. Mara tu katika ibada, msukumo wa kuzungumza unapaswa kuangaliwa kwa kuuliza ndani kama ujumbe huu unakuza ibada au kuwaleta watu juu juu. Ombea mkutano, ili Marafiki wakusanyike, kwamba upendo ukuwe na wote waliopo. Hatimaye, bila shaka, mkutano unakusanywa na nguvu iliyo juu kuliko sisi, inayoitwa Roho wa Kristo na Marafiki wa awali. Usiruhusu jina la mkusanyaji kuwa kikwazo. Kuwa wazi kupata uzoefu wa Upendo ambao ndani yake na ambao mkutano unaweza kukusanywa. <\/p>\n

Davison anahitimisha kwa usahihi kwamba zawadi ya kukusanywa, iwe katika mkutano wa ibada au kwa ajili ya biashara, ndicho chombo chetu bora zaidi cha kufikia. Ni asili ya sisi ni nani. Tukiipata, tutabadilishwa; wageni wakiipata, kuna uwezekano wa kurudi kuionja tena. Vijana Marafiki, wakiwa wamepitia hilo katika mikutano yao ya nyumbani, watavutwa nyuma na zaidi ya hisia. <\/p>\n

Davison anahitimisha kwa biblia fupi na maswali matano ya majadiliano. 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