Theology

Reflecting on Coleridge

I find it wise and human to believe, on slight evidence, opinions the contrary of which cannot be proved, and…

Jesus and Quakerism

Leer en español Because we have no creed, Quakers cannot claim uniformity of belief about the facts of Jesus’ life…

Wait on the Lord

A Friend remarked in meeting that he felt uncomfortable with the notion that, in the immortal words of John Milton,…

Owning the Lord’s Prayer

In 1997, my wife and I decided on a radical midlife career change. Over the next year, we quit our…

The Substance of Hope

The title of this talk is taken from that passage in the Bible which says, "Faith is the substance of…

Our Theological Illiteracy

We have heard a good deal of late about our theological illiteracy as Friends, and we are likely to hear…

Some Thoughts on Mystical Experiences

Yesterday I went for a walk by the lake, and I had a mystical experience—that’s what I am calling it…

No Easy Answers about God

When I was in junior high school, I strongly preferred the kind of test questions that had easy answers: fill…

Images of God

ur ways of imaging God are related to the ways in which we image ourselves—and our relationships with each other,…

Interpreting Religious Experience

Quakers do not get religion secondhand, but aim always to be experiential, to wait upon the Light, and then to…

An Unprogrammed Friend Discovers the Spirit in Preaching

For most of my life as an unprogrammed Friend, I could never have imagined my present job title. I am…

The House of Lamps

The One True Light The lamps are different, but the Light is the same; it comes from Beyond. If thou…
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