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Quaker Life – November/December 2012

Posted on 9 January 2013 by micah

Stewardship “As you read the feature articles, you will gain an appreciation for the role of stewardship. You will find stewardship comprises more than giving money. Our authors define stewardship as caring for our religious life, our time, our environment, our world and yes, our money. All the writers bring a different perspective to this vital topic. I pray you…

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Perspectives: Sacred Ground

Posted on 7 November 2012 by micah | 0 Comments

By By Becky Memmelaar My Daddy’s been quite ill. Recently, I flew to Illinois to just sit with him, to tend to him a bit. In case I haven’t mentioned it, I’ve always been a Daddy’s girl. I’m next to the youngest of seven children. I’ve always thought it wasn’t an illustrious position — you know not quite the youngest…

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Passages: Quaker Obituaries

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HANKS Jean Sargent Hanks, born in Los Angeles on May 4, 1923, passed away on the evening of May 26, in her home at Friends House in Santa Rosa. She and her brother, Will Sargent, grew up in Whittier. During WWII she met and married Tom Hanks, a young army officer. After the war she went back to Occidental College…

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Review: Historical Dictionary of the Friends (Quakers)

Posted on 7 November 2012 by micah | 0 Comments

Edited by Margery Post Abbott, Mary Ellen Chijoke, Pink Dandelion, and John William Oliver, Jr. The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2012, 574 pages A curious incident occurs once a pastor graces the entrance of their new monthly meeting to which they are called to shepherd. Someone usually requests the pastor give a class on “What It Means to be a Quaker.”…

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Ask Tom: Is There A Distinctive Quaker Approach To Stewardship?

Posted on 7 November 2012 by micah | 0 Comments

If any testimony unites all persuasions of Friends, at least in my experience, it is ambivalence about raising money. Pastoral Friends, when they know it is coming, often arrange pressing engagements elsewhere on the particular Sunday that is designated as “Stewardship Sunday.” Unprogrammed Friends are as likely as others to question “Stewardship Sunday” as the excessive demands coming from the…

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Alms Giving And Prayer?

Posted on 7 November 2012 by micah | 0 Comments

By Beryl Jantzi The story of Cornelius in Acts 10 demanded my attention in a new way. I like to think of myself as a fairly seasoned reader of scripture. But here I was — mesmerized — as if reading it for the first time. We all know the story. The Gentile Cornelius is used by God to usher in…

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Hospitality: Stewardship In Action

Posted on 7 November 2012 by micah | 0 Comments

By Rod Waltz So often when we begin to look at the subject of stewardship we consider the expense of an operation. Are we being thrifty? How much does it cost? Where can we cut expenses? Another infamous statement says, “a fool and his money are soon parted”. Though it is our desire to be responsible and practical with our…

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Answering The Divine Grace Of Time

Posted on 7 November 2012 by micah | 14 Comments

By Steve Olshewsky I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.” (John 10:10b) How do we calculate the abundance of our lives? Some look at material blessings and find support for a prosperity doctrine in verses like Malachi 3:10. While “pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough…

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Stewardship And Our Life In Christ

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By Linda B. Selleck As a child, I observed the shift of summer into fall as a quickening time. Our neighbors worked long, hard hours to harvest their peanut crops. Before the days of electric dryers, wooden staves were pounded into the ground and heavy forks raised to life the legumes up and over each stake, creating properly balanced shocks….

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How A Meeting Without Little Ones Ministers To Little Ones!

Posted on 7 November 2012 by micah | 0 Comments

By James A. “Jamie” Lyon In July of 2003, my family and I moved to Russiaville, Indiana, where we accepted the call to ministry at a small but loving meeting. I had given up the idea of going back into ministry after a rather lengthy spiritual battle. I was of the opinion speaking at a meeting for worship was one…

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