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Quaker Queries: Outreach

Posted on October 7, 2019 by Jeff Kisling

I’ve written a number of times about Quaker’s practice of considering answers to a set of queries. https://kislingjeff.wordpress.com/2017/11/02/advices-and-queries/ This month’s advice and queries are about outreach. My response follows the queries. I left out the last names of the people … Continue reading →

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Queries on Education

Posted on January 29, 2018 by Jeff Kisling

This month’s queries are about education. ADVICE Friends seek an education which integrates our intellectual, emotional and spiritual dimensions and enables us to face difficult moral issues with courage. While the religious education of our children is primarily the concern … Continue reading →

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Queries–Personal Responsibility

Posted on December 3, 2017 by Jeff Kisling

“Life is meant to be lived from a Center, a divine Center–a life of unhurried peace and power. It is serene. It takes not time, but it occupies all our time.”  Thomas Kelly ADVICE Historic testimonies of the Society of … Continue reading →

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Requesting your queries

Posted on November 27, 2017 by Jeff Kisling

As I’ve been writing lately, some Friends of Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative) feel this is a time we could revise our advices and queries, and the Ministry and Counsel Committee has encouraged us to do so. I’ve made a number … Continue reading →

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Revising Queries 2

Posted on November 25, 2017 by Jeff Kisling

The Ministry and Counsel Committee of Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative) is asking our monthly meetings to consider possible revisions to our advices and queries. During the online Facebook discussion about this, Marshall Massey wrote: Just speaking for myself, I do not think … Continue reading →

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Queries and Action 2

Posted on November 9, 2017 by Jeff Kisling

There has been some very interesting and helpful discussion about queries on the unofficial Facebook page related to Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative).  It has been especially helpful for me to hear about pushing versus pulling, with pushing being the idea … Continue reading →

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Advices and Queries

Posted on November 2, 2017 by Jeff Kisling

Since I’ve been writing about the Quaker practice of considering the advices and queries, and since people who aren’t Quakers sometimes read these blog posts, it might be helpful to step back and explain more about this. Quakers attend a … Continue reading →

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New Civic Responsibility Queries

Posted on November 1, 2017 by Jeff Kisling

While sharing my responses about our Quaker queries regarding civic responsibility, an Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative) Friend explained reasons he felt our queries should be revised.  I asked him to provide an example and he said he is working on … Continue reading →

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Civic Responsibility

Posted on October 25, 2017 by Jeff Kisling

The queries we will be considering this month at Bear Creek meeting are about civic responsibility. CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY   ADVICE Because Friends believe there is that of God in all people, we strive for a world of freedom, justice and equality … Continue reading →

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Social and Economic Justice

Posted on September 1, 2017 by Jeff Kisling

I’ve mentioned the Quaker practice of routinely considering questions related to our spiritual and social lives and practices.  Praying about and discussing these questions, or queries, together is a way for us to share what we believe, and sometimes find … Continue reading →

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