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237 Acres of God

• Authored by:
• Thistle West,
• Hannah Mackinney

It’s lizard season. Driving down the Rough and Ready Highway, the air is hot and dry, a tangible manifestation of the California drought. But here, everything is alive. The Woolman Semester School sits on 237 acres in historic gold country, but more immediately, it’s my favorite place in the world. I’ve been coming to Woolman for various reasons as long as I can remember – College Park Quarterly Meeting sessions, summer camp, family work camp, visiting Friends – but today, March 30th, 2015, I’m returning to visit for the first time since graduating from the Fall 2014 high school semester. Driving past the orchard, it already feels like home.

On Needs (May 2015)

Touched by God (news item)

God, The Father

• Authored by:
• Trudy Myrrh Reagan

Oh, Apparition! I sit, head in hands, Struggling with the personhood of God.

On Bosses (July 2018)

God Talked to Me (news item)

“That of God” Within

• Authored by:
• Claire Gorfinkel

As a practicing Jew who has worshipped with Quakers for the past thirty years, I have deeply appreciated the fundamental belief that every person has “that of God” within. Both Judaism and Quakerism assert that all persons are made in the divine image. Quakers try to see God, or godliness, or goodness, in others, even in the most difficult human interactions. But my most recent reading of the Hebrew Bible has challenged me to discover a new formulation, which I want to explore here.

On Secrets (July 2020)

God’s Loving Eyes

• Authored by:
• Sandy Kewman

We are seen by God’s loving eyes.  The greatest spiritual battle begins – and never ends – with the reclaiming of our chosenness. Long before any human being saw us, we are seen by God’s loving eyes. Long before anyone heard us cry or laugh, we are heard by our God who is all ears for us. Long before any person spoke to us in this world, we are spoken to by the voice of eternal love.                         – Henri Nouwen (1993)

On Cooperation (September 2022)

God’s Green Image (news item)

God Came to Visit

• Authored by:
• Rick Ells

Rick Ells is a member of University Meeting in Seattle, WA (NPYM).

On Captivity (January 2018)

The Speed of God (Molly Wingate Blog Post)

Opening Up to God

• Authored by:
• Mary Klein

On Freedom (January 2022)