Notes from a Former Clerk
During his tenure as our Clerk, Stan Grotegut shared his thoughts with us in this blog. While others now ably serve as Clerk, these thoughts continue to inspire us.
The Last Stretch As Your 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...
A Holiday Note from the 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...
Note from the Clerk: Concerning Language
“I do not know which to prefer, The beauty of inflections Or the beauty of innuendoes, ...
View from Different Windows
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...
“The evolutionary potential of Quakerism” — October 2017
(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 agenda...
God language and more . . . Note from the 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...
Clerking, by Stan Grotegut
After spending more than 25 years at Boulder Meeting avoiding business meetings and what we so lovingly call “Quaker Process," here I am poised to be your new clerk. What have you done? I was quite content to enjoy our deep and rich and...