by Stan Grotegut | Mar 27, 2019 | Clerk
It’s good that we rotate the fiduciary and functional and spiritual roles at Meeting. It’s been good for me to serve our...
by Stan Grotegut | Dec 7, 2018 | Clerk
I’m struck that we are in the midst of Hanukkah, the eight day feast of lights and expectation of the Jewish tradition. This week I got an email flash from Western Friends Magazine entitled something like ‘Are Quakers Christian?” My immediate response was “that’s not...
by Stan Grotegut | May 16, 2018 | Clerk
“I do not know which to prefer, The beauty of inflections Or the beauty of innuendoes, ...
by author | Jan 18, 2018 | Clerk
It is not a bad thing when we discover that we disagree. That we see the world through different windows, different frames. The real trick is to allow it. Not to avoid or deny or cover it over. Rather to become curious about different visions of how things are or how...
by author | Oct 12, 2017 | Clerk
(I call this photo “A Precarious Branch,” which may serve as a useful metaphor for our Quaker identify. It was taken a few years ago on Pender Island, B.C.) Thanks to a very light business...
by author | Jun 28, 2017 | Clerk
I was fascinated at the last BBQ discussion quietly listening to many of you speak on what being a Quaker means to you and why you come to Meeting. Some said it is because of the deep silence. I too can check that box. Some said it was the experience within your...
