tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7419811811709595809.comments2022-09-04T14:34:21.828-04:00Pilgrim & StrangerKevin-Douglas G. Olivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01177625525121541713noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7419811811709595809.post-50150011134548185992020-06-14T20:15:01.399-04:002020-06-14T20:15:01.399-04:00I have no idea why this formatted like it did but ...I have no idea why this formatted like it did but I can't seem to undo it. <br />Kevin-Douglas G. Olivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01177625525121541713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7419811811709595809.post-72084087224177879112018-05-25T09:23:24.718-04:002018-05-25T09:23:24.718-04:00Thankyou. That list of Nixon's deeds speaks ...Thankyou. That list of Nixon's deeds speaks to all of the certainties about this matter. He cave permission to that California aluminum ? Steel corp that branched into healthcare to start the first managed care. IN liberal meetings we still elder eachother over the practise of worship. Nixon was a kind of Big Giant head, in the Leviathan sense, representing the consent to change that aoneunitapartment448https://www.blogger.com/profile/15012092391502978408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7419811811709595809.post-26897331484119552852018-02-07T15:45:47.711-05:002018-02-07T15:45:47.711-05:00Paul. Thank you for your witness and prayers. Paul. Thank you for your witness and prayers. Kevin-Douglas G. Olivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01177625525121541713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7419811811709595809.post-33073024672944902312018-02-07T15:44:10.102-05:002018-02-07T15:44:10.102-05:00years later I finally come back to this. i went t...years later I finally come back to this. i went to your site,b ut didn't find what the part about atonement.Kevin-Douglas G. Olivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01177625525121541713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7419811811709595809.post-28404020219826267302016-01-28T07:14:13.915-05:002016-01-28T07:14:13.915-05:00I didn't watch that video, but I sure enjoyed ...I didn't watch that video, but I sure enjoyed your response. Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06264332131444692320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7419811811709595809.post-3768933547326125762016-01-24T20:53:43.257-05:002016-01-24T20:53:43.257-05:00Thanks, Micah.Thanks, Micah.Kevin-Douglas G. Olivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01177625525121541713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7419811811709595809.post-86521335299005379172016-01-08T13:05:34.652-05:002016-01-08T13:05:34.652-05:00Definitely praying for you K-D. Thanks for sharing...Definitely praying for you K-D. Thanks for sharing.Micah Baleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06849915973708989620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7419811811709595809.post-51654643463245609392014-01-13T04:56:39.899-05:002014-01-13T04:56:39.899-05:00This is also one of the hardest things for me abou...This is also one of the hardest things for me about being a Christian. And I really think it has a lot to do with the Gay experience.<br />When I was younger, growing up in an evangelical background, I was always open to the spirit. Any thing that seemed like it was outside of my normal cognition, every nudge in my soul I attributed to God, and I followed it.<br /><br />But when you see fellow Daniel Francishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14455189119557500221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7419811811709595809.post-63846132788138904372013-10-30T22:06:59.443-04:002013-10-30T22:06:59.443-04:00"Hello Kevin-Douglas-of-your-understanding,
..."Hello Kevin-Douglas-of-your-understanding, <br /><br />This is God-of-my-understanding. Pleased to meet you. (It's difficult to translate a "getting to know you more seriously" but that's my intention.) <br /><br />Wherever you are, I'm the best you have to offer within you. It's very hard sometimes, but I think you know what the best you have to offer is, andoliviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04764832380830227799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7419811811709595809.post-9268575207046359052013-10-30T03:37:40.697-04:002013-10-30T03:37:40.697-04:00Two things stood to me: "The more I yield to ...Two things stood to me: "The more I yield to that love, the more I act from that love, the more I come into unity with that love and therefore in unity with God."<br /><br />"Lately, I've found that my anxiety has a lot to do with not trusting that God will make all things right."<br /><br />'Friend, thou speak to my condition', as Quakers would once have said (andCape Town Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17239455527739032297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7419811811709595809.post-88694591941874647552013-10-28T17:29:16.494-04:002013-10-28T17:29:16.494-04:00As Sufi Sam Lewis put it, "God is not a conce...As Sufi Sam Lewis put it, "God is not a concept of God."<br /><br />So, all these people who are benefiting from something -- but wouldn't want to call it 'God' -- I wouldn't say that "God doesn't work for them" but rather "They don't like the idea of God." Evidently God likes the idea of them... <br /><br />I wanted to invite you to join in &forresthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13861950371962268402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7419811811709595809.post-41861648858153425572013-10-28T15:34:35.711-04:002013-10-28T15:34:35.711-04:00I attend a 12 step group and used to attend quaker...I attend a 12 step group and used to attend quakers. There are similarities with the approach to God between the two. I found quakers spiritually nourishing. The Watcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17440594945146597302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7419811811709595809.post-11995790208951920292013-07-03T19:16:43.458-04:002013-07-03T19:16:43.458-04:00A gift for you from the wilderness.
The true Gospe...A gift for you from the wilderness.<br />The true Gospel is now delivered to you Rev 12:6 as a witness Matt 24:14.<br />Our heavenly Father will NOT put any child of his into a hell fire no matter what their sins. Sin doesn't scare God! He created it Isa 45:7 to teach us all the knowledge of good and evil Gen 3:22 for our eternal placement in his coming kingdom. Throwing a child of his into aThe Good Talehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11574105752086912139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7419811811709595809.post-24354846092916930222011-08-23T01:37:07.821-04:002011-08-23T01:37:07.821-04:00This is one of the most profound items of spiritua...This is one of the most profound items of spiritual guidance that I find in Fox. I can read it over and over again, and always find something new and refreshing. I simply need to be reminded.<br /><br />Deeply grateful for finding it here,<br /><br /> -DHF<br />Columbia, MissouriDavid H. Finkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07817925960778922467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7419811811709595809.post-30819031259463797122011-08-13T21:31:34.883-04:002011-08-13T21:31:34.883-04:00Kevin,
I miss attending Old Town Friends and want...Kevin,<br /><br />I miss attending Old Town Friends and want to affirm your courage and struggle as you move forward. You are doing such important work. My views align very closely with yours, and I appreciate your love and diplomacy. I will try to remember to hold the meeting in the light. <br /><br />DianeDianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12396312339372162866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7419811811709595809.post-21339806146042549942011-08-13T16:55:28.507-04:002011-08-13T16:55:28.507-04:00In the 1990's, when the question was raised as...In the 1990's, when the question was raised as to whether Friends in Christ, which hoped to become an ongoing meeting/church, should affiliate with BYM, we met with some of the leadership of BYM. 3 of the 4 with whom we met (all of whom were personally supportive of what we were doing) said it would split the YM to have a Christ-centered meeting join it. They agreed it would be a real Bill Samuelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00752443575410023776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7419811811709595809.post-16554114114401024442010-09-13T10:14:57.753-04:002010-09-13T10:14:57.753-04:00I'm a big fan of this epistle of George Fox. T...I'm a big fan of this epistle of George Fox. Thanks for sharing it!<br /><br />MicahMicah Baleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06849915973708989620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7419811811709595809.post-37643143800454266602010-09-12T11:38:16.409-04:002010-09-12T11:38:16.409-04:00I want to say thank you again for your well though...I want to say thank you again for your well thought out and moving words. I would agree I don't know how the Light and Jesus are connected, but I know they are and don't care to research it further like I used to do, just as you say. Joseph Campbell is pretty compelling when he says all of the mytics know they are all praying to the same divine force, it is whatever myth that gets them akahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04593255275286178102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7419811811709595809.post-87384812355446923252010-09-10T13:23:14.996-04:002010-09-10T13:23:14.996-04:00Thank you, this cuts to the marrow! A few Friends...Thank you, this cuts to the marrow! A few Friends and I have been having weekly Bible "studies" for a while now. They tend to last many hours and are generally gentle and sweet. On Wednesday, though, something finally boiled over--suddenly, we all found ourselves collectively wailing that none of us were Biblical scholars or knew Hebrew or Greek or Aramaic so how could we know what Mitsuohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00464548295148031274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7419811811709595809.post-23762013592748926352010-09-08T19:26:59.228-04:002010-09-08T19:26:59.228-04:00I was thinking on this before going out to get din...I was thinking on this before going out to get dinner with CW (and the dogs). The question may be asked: "But ok wait, you say "Christ" is your center, so you're "Christ-Centered" but you're ambiguous about Jesus of Nazareth." Indeed. I think we all believe and that this Eternal Word, This Saving Spirit, the Christ exists, (though how deeply or strongly Kevin-Douglas G. Olivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01177625525121541713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7419811811709595809.post-67565710221985719452010-09-08T17:56:12.293-04:002010-09-08T17:56:12.293-04:00Finding and living in this power TOGETHER is what ...Finding and living in this power TOGETHER is what is central to us at OTFF, I think. We are open to the Spirit teaching us about Jesus individually, and are not pressuring each other to come to any one conclusion. Our unity is Christ, and desire is this transformation, and we long for true community. I think we would agree that this is Christianity, rather than being saved by taking the Kevin-Douglas G. Olivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01177625525121541713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7419811811709595809.post-13262380321264761832010-09-08T17:55:32.404-04:002010-09-08T17:55:32.404-04:00I think that because almost all of us use Christia...I think that because almost all of us use Christian/Biblical language to describe our feelings, Friends have made assumptions about us. We have spent the past year studying Barclay's Apology and reading bits of Ben Dandelion's Intro to Quakerism. We are obviously open to the Christian aspect of Quakerism and EMBRACE it. I was especially awed by what I read there, even though I've Kevin-Douglas G. Olivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01177625525121541713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7419811811709595809.post-83061296450484720502010-09-08T16:32:36.683-04:002010-09-08T16:32:36.683-04:00I am just returning from a conference in upstate N...I am just returning from a conference in upstate NY called In Jesus's Name at Powell House. I was a non-christian when I went and I stated that at the first introduction session. Because there were people there who had invited me, and I did not attend to be antagonistic, I was open and bouyed by those who adhered to your description of the word Christian body. I can now say I am not so akahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04593255275286178102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7419811811709595809.post-23609490125423217232010-09-08T12:49:49.900-04:002010-09-08T12:49:49.900-04:00Friend speaks my mind!Friend speaks my mind!Taniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08779680819545525601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7419811811709595809.post-1761324084624037092010-08-09T14:36:51.901-04:002010-08-09T14:36:51.901-04:00Hi KD: I find that QuakerQuaker thread so fascinat...Hi KD: I find that QuakerQuaker thread so fascinating. Lots of people come to it via Google searches for "quakers buddhists" and get a much richer discussion than might be expected. I've used it as a demonstration of how Conservative Friends can meaningfully engage with other types of Quakers on diverse forums like QuakerQuaker. I was very happy to see your response today, along Martin Kelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06999620933648327663noreply@blogger.com