tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359713537087862054.post5473280248551267469..comments2023-10-01T05:59:58.582-06:00Comments on Friendly Mama: Cronkin' on ChristFriendly Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12958152969639229916noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359713537087862054.post-9871405205900958482012-08-09T22:05:34.922-06:002012-08-09T22:05:34.922-06:00Mary,
I am liking the phrase 'God is the univ...Mary,<br /><br />I am liking the phrase 'God is the universal and Christ is the personal'. My eyes are drawn more continually to the word covenant in the passage you quoted than anything else. It would take too much space here to elaborate my thoughts on new covenants and continuing revelation and inward Christ here, so let's talk about it sometime.<br /><br />David MyersAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359713537087862054.post-36870903386491598202012-08-06T19:23:45.165-06:002012-08-06T19:23:45.165-06:00Mary Linda,
I am not surprised anymore when you cu...Mary Linda,<br />I am not surprised anymore when you cut right to the chase. I am continuing to grow hangin' out with the Quakers in Indiana. I still am oscillating between Theism and Scepticism. I want to worship a personal God, and sometimes that feels very authentic, other times I doubt everything! I find myself drawn to the most theistic and Christocentric people in my monthly and yearly meetings, (fewer then Hen's teeth, alas)yet I love the safety to say: "right now at this instant, I can't believe." Other news from Lake Wobegon: My neighbor Ross Farris died in an untimely bicycle accident. I think he was only in his sixties and in exemplary health. Shortly before the accident he and Sherry had sold the farm and so our family can't go to LaPorte anymore for holiday.<br /><br />EricEric H-Lnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359713537087862054.post-1058435037013161372012-08-06T15:51:47.613-06:002012-08-06T15:51:47.613-06:00You're welcome, Mary Linda. I'm a real old...You're welcome, Mary Linda. I'm a real old-timer (age 66) by the standards of the Quaker blogosphere.<br />This explains why I refer to God as He rather than the more accurate label He/She or Holy One----I was taught in the old sexist language, so I still use it. There's really nothing unusual about my explanation of the Trinity---it's the standard one, I think, used by all sorts of Christians. What is unusual, among Friends as compared to other Christians, is the emphasis on the Christ Within, the Inward Light, who can shine within us right now. Even more unusual is the Quaker doctrine, confirmed by experience, that the Inward Light is to be found in everyone, not just in Christians (or certain right-thinking Christians).<br /> This is all the basics of Quakerism, as far as I'm concerned. <br />This is what I learned in my first Sunday School classes in Ridgewood meeting in the early Fifties and the late Forties. I can still remember reading the gospels, usually Matthew or Luke, as if it were yesterday. We didn't think in those days that the Christian faith was essentially different from basic Quakerism. It's hard for me to understand what's come over us (Quakers) now!<br /> My wife Judy and I knew Sandra Cronk slightly when we all lived in Chicago in the Seventies. I would like to dedicate this conversation to her memory, as well as to the memory of Dean Yingling, my first Sunday School teacher.<br /> Peace, Jeremy MottJeremy Mottnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359713537087862054.post-54453003301768706292012-08-05T06:30:40.268-06:002012-08-05T06:30:40.268-06:00Jeremy,
Thank you Friend, for sharing the way you ...Jeremy,<br />Thank you Friend, for sharing the way you understand Christ, Holy Spirit and God. I appreciate learning how others perceive these.<br />Mary LindaFriendly Mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12958152969639229916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359713537087862054.post-35932020044005405192012-08-05T03:52:58.562-06:002012-08-05T03:52:58.562-06:00Of course, Jesus Christ is a very personal way of ...Of course, Jesus Christ is a very personal way of looking at God, for Jesus was an ordinary human as well as a living God. Jesus may he found as a teacher in the Bible----what a great teacher He is----and He also may, if we Let Him in, live within us and thus save us from our sins.<br />And then there's the Holy Spirit, neither personal nor impersonal (or so I think); but still another mysterious perspective on God. Maybe the phrase Holy Spirit refers to the way that sometimes good things seem to happen in God's time, and sometimes not, for a spirit is wind that can blow freely. No one can force the Holy <br />Spirit, that's for sure. God is not<br />our property; we are His.<br /> Peace,<br /> Jeremy Mott<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />god's ttimjezpped hppd tomJeremy Mottnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359713537087862054.post-50616078593828535052012-08-05T03:24:15.617-06:002012-08-05T03:24:15.617-06:00Here's good evidence that the concept of the T...Here's good evidence that the concept of the Trinity or "triune" God can be<br />very helpful to us humans. God, the<br />mysterious and ill-defined one, first introduces Himself by name to Moses (and all humankind) when He appears in the form of the burning bush that is never completely consumed. (Confer the beginning of the Book of Exodus---one of the finest stories in the Bible.) God's name,too holy to be written or spoken ordinarily, is said to be the initials YHWH, meaning I AM WHO I AM. Completely impersonal. <br /> Yet there is more that should be<br />said.Jeremy Mottnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359713537087862054.post-18418348242525561192012-08-03T15:30:53.610-06:002012-08-03T15:30:53.610-06:00Eric,
Great to hear from you! How have you been? ...Eric, <br />Great to hear from you! How have you been? To go full-Friend on you: How has the Spirit fared with thee? <br />gladly,<br />Mary LindaFriendly Mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12958152969639229916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359713537087862054.post-67193383934188314642012-08-03T15:25:45.683-06:002012-08-03T15:25:45.683-06:00An amazing coincidence (or is it?)
I started readi...An amazing coincidence (or is it?)<br />I started reading Sandra Cronk Gospel Order the week before I read your post. I am loving it and finding it very searching.<br />Eric H-LEric H-Lnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359713537087862054.post-62087542369634836302012-08-03T11:58:40.728-06:002012-08-03T11:58:40.728-06:00I look forward to the rest of the Cronk cannon dow...I look forward to the rest of the Cronk cannon down the road, Johan!Friendly Mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12958152969639229916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359713537087862054.post-47092046213254508402012-08-03T11:32:21.954-06:002012-08-03T11:32:21.954-06:00I love Sandra Cronk! Her book Dark Night Journey i...I love Sandra Cronk! Her book <i>Dark Night Journey</i> is a treasure.Johan Maurerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13771067774042071617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359713537087862054.post-3310639888007372852012-07-31T08:26:26.285-06:002012-07-31T08:26:26.285-06:00Robin, yes! God is an aura of love and we are safe...Robin, yes! God is an aura of love and we are safe in the arms of Jesus. <br /> <br />I like how you describe it, Bruce, as being like Brahman/Atman--as I understand them, this is an excellent analogy. I used to have a lot of difficulty conceiving of God, I didn't like to anthropomorphize and had rejected the usual Trinity. It wasn't until I was able to approach from a Hindu perspective, aspects of the Divine, that it worked for me.<br /><br />Ashley, I've been drawn to SotS since Penelope Wright was in it and told me about her experiences but it had not been the right time for me to pursue it until now. I am filled with joy and excitement to be guided this way!Mary Linda (friendlymama)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03696231406499725814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359713537087862054.post-55452197087526723452012-07-31T08:00:31.045-06:002012-07-31T08:00:31.045-06:00I'm excited that you'll be in the next Sch...I'm excited that you'll be in the next School of the Spirit class! You are going to have a wonderful time.Ashley Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04767912859236943934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359713537087862054.post-20588872056069922852012-07-31T05:02:19.076-06:002012-07-31T05:02:19.076-06:00This one has cooked inside me too. Here's a qu...This one has cooked inside me too. Here's a quick survey of where I am with it, from my blog "Letters From The Street":<br /><br />http://lettersfromthestreet.wordpress.com/2011/11/22/why-i-call-myself-a-christian/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359713537087862054.post-56825958967736303752012-07-30T19:36:18.687-06:002012-07-30T19:36:18.687-06:00"I feel comfort and security in the concept o..."I feel comfort and security in the concept of Christ: God is so big and ultimately unknowable as to be sometimes overwhelming (awe-some, fear-some) but Christ is intimate, knowing and encouraging, whether firmly directing or gently nurturing, with love." I was just having the same conversation with myself this week. The best language I could come up with was that it's hard to imagine God having arms to comfort me, but easier to picture Jesus Christ this way. Thanks for better language to express it in.Robin M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10336915224193704866noreply@blogger.com