Here is a strange simile: God is like the parallel plates of a capacitor, and we are the molecules of dielectric between them.
A capacitor is formed from two flat sheets of metal; they do not contact each other, but are connected through a source of power. Electrons from one plate move to the other, impelled by the voltage across the plates.
Two essays from Eric Sabelman of Palo Alto Meeting, concerning challenges that many Friends confront.
A collection of materials assembled by Eric Sabelman for a workshop on Eldering, which he conducted at Ben Lomond Quaker Center in 2017.
Sources and notes to supplement the article, "The Confluence of Mind, Body, and Soul," in the November/December 2016 issue of Western Friend.
The coming together (“confluence”) of Friends in silent worship is a rare and precious human experience. Even if other creatures have their equivalent merging with the Divine, Quaker worship is a distinctly human thing to do.
Friends (of the non-pastoral sort, at least) do not have a hierarchy. No chain of command. No higher-ups. No in-group. No pyramid of authority. No ultimate decision-maker, where the buck always stops. Nobody on the bottom, who must keep his/her head down and mouth shut for fear of retaliation. Nobody who is powerless. Nobody more powerful than whomever fills the temporary and limited ro
Instructions and materials for a game -- "Ask me about Quakerism" -- and an article describing it.
