tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25987874.post3381036742057464771..comments2023-10-05T06:20:40.173-04:00Comments on Quaker Pagan Reflections: A Meal of Leftovers TodayCat C-B (and/or Peter B)http://www.blogger.com/profile/10002916434676859262noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25987874.post-47778249800283626932007-09-28T17:22:00.001-04:002007-09-28T17:22:00.001-04:00Cat, Dearest.I haven't forgotten about this tag.I'...Cat, Dearest.<BR/><BR/>I haven't forgotten about this tag.<BR/><BR/>I'm slow on anything to do with <I>The Empty Path</I>, but I'll get there.<BR/><BR/>:-)<BR/><BR/>MichaelAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25987874.post-680335675303684902007-09-28T17:22:00.000-04:002007-09-28T17:22:00.000-04:00Cat, Dearest.I haven't forgotten about this tag.I'...Cat, Dearest.<BR/><BR/>I haven't forgotten about this tag.<BR/><BR/>I'm slow on anything to do with <I>The Empty Path</I>, but I'll get there.<BR/><BR/>:-)<BR/><BR/>MichaelAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25987874.post-64932697047763199682007-09-06T10:18:00.000-04:002007-09-06T10:18:00.000-04:00On trying to capture the essence of mystical exper...On trying to capture the essence of mystical experience in words - it's very difficult to do. The moment one tries to explain a feeling of universal love or connection, it just comes across as cheesy, unless it is embedded in context.<BR/><BR/>That's one of the things I love about your spiritual journey series, it conveys the feelings without ever descending into faux sentimentality. When you were talking about your invocation experience and the kiss, I totally wasn't expecting the narrative to take that turn. It made me think about something similar that happened to me, but I wasn't even aware of what I'd done until several years later! <BR/><BR/>I enjoy Mahud's blog too. Interesting that you should say you don't feel as if you've progressed much, Mahud - I felt like that for ages and then had a sudden growth spurt. It was very painful - so if pain equals growth, then I am sure you are growing, or at least expanding.<BR/><BR/>For what it's worth, I've just posted a <A HREF="http://nemeton.blogspot.com/2007/09/spiritual-journey.html" REL="nofollow">light-hearted look at the journey</A> on my blog, and thought you might enjoy it.<BR/><BR/>I think those of us on the boundary between traditions are being called to hold open the interstices between realities, or walk a knife-edge between the worlds, or something. Thank goodness there are traditions where this form of journey is accepted, even encouraged.Yewtreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02028699564003381058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25987874.post-81686537589796818592007-08-30T23:59:00.000-04:002007-08-30T23:59:00.000-04:00Hi Cat,I am also sitting with your challenge for a...Hi Cat,<BR/>I am also sitting with your challenge for a time before I post; it's not one of those memes that lends itself to a quick response! (I am also hip-deep in work responsibilities - I fear the next six weeks will be very light on the blogging front...)<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the tag!<BR/><BR/>Blessings,<BR/>ErikAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25987874.post-72020472364842605892007-08-29T08:30:00.000-04:002007-08-29T08:30:00.000-04:00On the Daniel Burke article, I think it reflects t...On the Daniel Burke article, I think it reflects the difficulty in capturing the real spirit of a group by interviewing a few people and doing a little reading. It does not appear he attended any Quaker worship in preparation for writing about Quakers.<BR/><BR/>Quakers believe in the importance of experience, and Burke didn't really experience Quakerism.<BR/><BR/>So you are left with a basically accurate article that may be interesting to non-Friends, but it feels shallow, not capturing the essence of Quakers, or any part of the Quaker community.Bill Samuelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00752443575410023776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25987874.post-45100466505753907012007-08-28T15:29:00.000-04:002007-08-28T15:29:00.000-04:00Cat,You wrote:"My in-laws are thrifty people, who ...Cat,<BR/><BR/>You wrote:<BR/><BR/>"My in-laws are thrifty people, who waste very little. One of the ways this gets reflected is in their careful use of leftovers....<BR/><BR/>"I hate leftovers."<BR/><BR/>Actually, I miss leftovers.<BR/><BR/>What I really mean is that I miss the time (before our move to Jacksonville) when Jim and I used to cooked at home at least 4-5 nights out of seven.<BR/><BR/>We would get together Saturday morning, Jim would pull out his cookbooks and HUGE file folders for recipes from online...and we would plan a week's menu and shopping.<BR/><BR/>We sometimes didn't follow the menu, but, at least, when we got home from work, we didn't have to figure out what to cook... and the ingredients were already there.<BR/><BR/>We always planned at least 2-3 nights of leftovers, and we always cooked twice as much as we needed.<BR/><BR/>Later in the week (or the next week), I would have the witchy challenge of figuring out which combos of leftovers might actually go together well in what we called either "Refrigerator Soup" or-- if it was leftovers from leftovers-- "Cream of Bottom Shelf."<BR/><BR/>Now, sadly, our contrary work schedules have us getting home late most nights. We are spending way too much, eating out on food that's not really our preferred diet, at the wrong time of night.<BR/><BR/>And so, no leftovers...or else they rot because we only cook once a week or so.<BR/><BR/>:-(<BR/><BR/>As to blogging ministry: I notice that the blog posts I regret or at least don't feel so great about after I've reread them are like the things I think about saying in spoken ministry yet keept to myself.<BR/><BR/>I try to use the same rule of thumb in blogging that I do in meeting for worship:<BR/><BR/>Don't post it just because it's clever or because I "feel strongly" about it.<BR/><BR/>Stop. Listen. Write it out long-hand and then type it the next day...if it doesn't stink by then.<BR/><BR/>Meanwhilst, thank you for the tag. I'm definitely going to have to let this one wait and season a bit before I post anything. But thanks, and<BR/><BR/>Blessed Be,<BR/>MichaelAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25987874.post-54431746375866148422007-08-24T20:21:00.000-04:002007-08-24T20:21:00.000-04:00Blogging can be a ministry, but does not have to b...Blogging can be a ministry, but does not have to be. It can be just something you do. I know Friends who have committees for their blogs, and Friends who don't. Not sure? Discernment's never wasted. :) But gosh, it's scary to ask for Friends to sit in discernment with one. <BR/><BR/>About the book on Pagan Quakerism which Jen Chapin-Smith is editing: Friends who are interested can contact her directly at jench1977 at hotmail dot com. <BR/><BR/>- StasaMorganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05201286586062722169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25987874.post-78702724681000037532007-08-24T17:13:00.000-04:002007-08-24T17:13:00.000-04:00Is blogging ministry? I asked a Friend of mine if ...Is blogging ministry? I asked a Friend of mine if it was wriong to blog what was said at meeting, and she said in her opnion direct quotation should only be used with assent and that that would open up a whole can of worms if people considered they were being recorded for a future time. Therefore an essence of the meeting would be ok with my feelings about it but nothing specific, so I've sort of kept well clear. <BR/>We are what I'm trying to say accountable for everything we say and writing is much easier to hold someone to account for. The biggest trouble I've gotten into in my life were over letters I wrote, the power of words is so strong. But then again, the blog is known and understood generally to be a diary form of sometimes lucid sometimes random toughts, and so long as you keep in a good mix as you do.. it's up to your followers to read the wisdom they need to see and let go the rest..?<BR/>does that help or is it more waffle?!Honeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15662439151558495496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25987874.post-10500723090660422482007-08-24T03:48:00.000-04:002007-08-24T03:48:00.000-04:00Thanks for the kind words, Cat, and the plug. ;)I ...Thanks for the kind words, Cat, and the plug. ;)<BR/><BR/>I wonder if I've really progressed much since I first began to take spirituality seriously (ten or 11 years ago or so).<BR/><BR/>I certainly do not experience any growth, at least none that I'm aware of. But I do experience a lot of pain that I find hard to overcome.<BR/><BR/>Regarding the article <I>Quakers Ask: What Do We Believe, and Why?</I>, I understood Quakers to be purely Christian. It was only after discovering your blog and doing a bit of research at wikipedia, that I discovered that wasn't true.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25987874.post-36653358941904535322007-08-23T12:21:00.000-04:002007-08-23T12:21:00.000-04:00I also hate how every growth experience I've ever ...<I>I also hate how every growth experience I've ever had has been wonderful, glorious, a cause for great rejoicing...in hindsight.</I><BR/><BR/>Tell it, sister! :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com