tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10737238.post6600436190313630295..comments2023-07-02T10:43:38.928-05:00Comments on The Good Raised Up: Dangers of today's implicit QuakerismUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10737238.post-60047377004040576542010-09-29T11:44:01.928-05:002010-09-29T11:44:01.928-05:00It seems to me that concerns such as what I lift u...It seems to me that concerns such as what I lift up here appear in the writings of some earlier Friends, too. I don't think I'm articulating anything new as much as I am articulating it <i>for ourselves and in our own time.</i><br /><br />What keeps me hopeful is that these sorts of pendulum swings seem to be inherent within certain social/religious contexts, so if we are "too implicit" now in our collective behavior as [unprogrammed] Friends, we will likely experience a pendulum swing the other way at some point, when we are "too evangelical."<br /><br />I also am able to remind myself--with the help of readings and fellow bloggers--that there is only so much that any of us can do, and after that, we must give ourselves and our concern over to God.<br /><br />Blessings,<br />LizLiz Opphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09802348848085930901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10737238.post-87133814040830810652010-09-29T09:02:34.343-05:002010-09-29T09:02:34.343-05:00yes, yes, yes. Thank you. This is so true, and y...yes, yes, yes. Thank you. This is so true, and yet, I fear this is what we are in danger of losing. Being the eternal optimist that I am, I don't feel that it is too late to stem the tide. Thank you again for putting such clear external words toward my internal condition.<br /><br />MiaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10737238.post-42064717233087118792010-09-28T23:45:28.453-05:002010-09-28T23:45:28.453-05:00amen, sister.amen, sister.Robin M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10336915224193704866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10737238.post-36518876378212921692010-09-28T21:14:40.835-05:002010-09-28T21:14:40.835-05:00Thank you.Thank you.Lone Star Mahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14339475499304565638noreply@blogger.com