"Hi Tone!
This forum is not now very active and I'm just having a browse through and thought I'd respond to this. (15 months on!)
As I travelled to Meeting today, Brentford & Isleworth, I was thinking how nice it would be to have some…"
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Michael Langford commented on Tony Haynes's blog post Sustainability - the slippery slope"As you say the iquestion is about saving the human species and not oitr earhly home. We have to care about the environment because at the moment we are adapted to it and it is adapterd to us. But let us be clearabout what the…"
Tony Haynes posted a blog postOnline Quakers
Some Friends here may be aware of the problems we face with the BYM Quaker Forum of which I am a moderator. Basically it is very hard to find, and when you do, you have to join up to be able to even read it. For this reason it does not act as a very good Quaker outreach tool.Nik Dadson of Quaker Communications at Friends House sent out a round-robin email in January suggesting that the forum might be closed down through lack of use. The users deny the lack of use, and are saying it could be…See More
Tony Haynes commented on maurine pyle's blog post My View from Firbank Fell By Maurine Pyle"I'm wondering if the opposite of being Christocentric or Theocentric is being confused?
I'm finding 21C Quakerism in the UK very confusing.
Tone"
Malcolm Winch left a comment for Tony Haynes"Tone,
I am very enthusiastic about your proposal that we carry out a survey of meetings. It is something that could be discussed at Woodbrooke.
If you are not going to Woodbrooke, perhaps we could meet up, a little later, in York.
Thy Christian…"
Tony Haynes commented on Malcolm Winch's blog post THE NFF IN BRITAIN"The remnant, eh? Well..... that's happened before.
I am now wondering whether a survey of local meetings would be appropriate to ask which consider themselves to still be Christocentric within BYM.
In fact, that might explain why I have just…"
Tony Haynes commented on Tony Haynes's blog post Sustainability - the slippery slope"Friend Emma offered this as a comment:
"True godliness don't turn men out of the world but enables them to live better in it and excites their endeavours to mend it... Christians should keep the helm and guide the vessel to its port; not…"
Ellis Hein commented on Tony Haynes's blog post Sustainability - the slippery slope"Thanks, Tony. A very good analogy.
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Tony Haynes posted a blog postSustainability - the slippery slope
THE SLIPPERY SLOPE I don't feel that our planet needs saving. I think it would regenerate very nicely without us, thanks. Viewed from outer space, the human race is just a parasitical infestation. But there is a difference between a parasite and one of us. A parasite has no concept of the future or the effects of its actions. We have a conscience..... a soul.... a concept of consequence and time. Or at least some of us do. But there are many who deny their consciences and souls, either…See More
Malcolm Winch left a comment for Tony Haynes"Dear Tone,
I have been intending to contact you for some time.
My Son and Daughter in Law, like you. cruise the waterways of Britain. I will shortly be seeing them at Boroughbridge Yorkshire, where they are moored at present. My limited experience-…"
Tony Haynes commented on Allistair Lomax's blog post Worship and Ministry: Preparation for ministry, and it's rightful place in worship"Thank you, Malcolm, for your encouraging comment. I have since heard that that Friend no longer attends meetings and I am no longer a member of that AM, having permanently moved away, though I am still in touch.
I am finding worship refreshing at my…"
Tony Haynes commented on Allistair Lomax's blog post Speaking Truth to Power: Why Britain Yearly Meeting Did Not..."As an slight aside to this discussion, there is debate on the BYM online forum http://forum.quaker.org.uk/ (you would need to join it in order to read the threads due to FH staff policy) concerning the finding of common ground twixt…"
Tony Haynes commented on Jeremy Hiltz's blog post New Foundation Fellowship is a confirmation"Further to this I took a personal friend to a meeting for worship once. She walked out after ten minutes. When I caught up with her and asked why she had left so abruptly, she replied that she couldn't stand all the voices in her head!…"
Tony Haynes commented on Jeremy Hiltz's blog post New Foundation Fellowship is a confirmation"Thank you Jeremy. I found that heart-warming. I too am a 'refugee' from established evangelical religion, and other Friends I meet are travelling the same spiritual journey.
I was a Baptist preacher. Once I tried an experiment. In the…"
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Online Quakers
Some Friends here may be aware of the problems we face with the BYM Quaker Forum of which I am a moderator. Basically it is very hard to find, and when you do, you have to join up to be able to even read it. For this reason it does not act as a very good Quaker outreach tool.
Nik Dadson of Quaker Communications at Friends House sent out a round-robin email in January suggesting that the forum might be closed down through lack of use. The users deny the lack of use, and are saying it…
ContinuePosted on 7thMo. 18, 2012 at 10:30
Sustainability - the slippery slope
THE SLIPPERY SLOPE
I don't feel that our planet needs saving. I think it would regenerate very nicely without us, thanks. Viewed from outer space, the human race is just a parasitical infestation. But there is a difference between a parasite and one of us. A parasite has no concept of the future or the effects of its actions. We have a conscience..... a soul.... a concept of consequence and time. Or at least some of us do. But there are many who deny their consciences and…
ContinuePosted on 6thMo. 17, 2012 at 13:00 — 3 Comments
The Light
I have found great comfort and deep wisdom in A&Q 5 this weekend:
5. Take time to learn about other people's experiences of the Light. Remember the importance of the Bible, the writings of Friends and all writings which reveal the ways of God. As you learn from others, can you in turn give freely from what you have gained? While respecting the experiences and opinions of others, do not be afraid to say what you have found and what you value. Appreciate that doubt and questioning…
ContinuePosted on 1stMo. 2, 2012 at 20:29
Jocelyn Bell Burnell
I took the dog for a wander past the Quaker Meeting House, that I can see from the window of my new flat on the outskirts of York. Outside was a poster of Jocelyn Bell Burnell, the astronomer who discovered pulsars. She is also a lifelong Quaker.
I was concerned that as a scientist, she would probably be another Quaker non-theist, and having her face on the meeting notice board did not bode well for me worshipping there amongst like-minded Theists.
I googled, and found…
ContinuePosted on 12thMo. 17, 2011 at 16:00 — 4 Comments
Comment Wall (10 comments)
- At 19:31 on 1stMo. 11, 2011,
Emma Green said… i'm sure you would be very welcome. We are meeting of mainly older folk but by and large Christ centred. The general feeling in the rest of Brighouse Area meeting is that we are a bit odd!!!!!
Perhaps Paul and I will come and visit your boat in the summer.
Enjoy the lockeepers cottage
Regards
Emma
- At 23:47 on 1stMo. 16, 2011,
Allistair Lomax said… Hi Tony, if you are on the Derwent, you must be pretty close to us.
Allistair
- At 17:06 on 1stMo. 17, 2011, Allistair Lomax said…
- Hi Tony, I was thinking of the Derwent in Derbyshire, not East Yorkshire!
- At 11:47 on 1stMo. 18, 2011, Allistair Lomax said…
- I don't know off-hand Tony, but Mike Wakefield has a our newsletter list, and he might be able to let you know of people in the York area
- At 20:34 on 1stMo. 19, 2011,
Isabel Penraeth said… - Indeed, the wonders of the Internet! Expecting snow here this afternoon.
- At 17:50 on 2ndMo. 7, 2011, José Paulo Rebelo Brandao said…
- Hello dear brother Tony.
I have a special pleasure when I receive your post. Thanks for your kindness. Well in Portugal I think I am the only Friend in my country. I am a conservative Quaker but alone. For this reason I am absolutely interested in all contacts abroad. PauLo
- At 21:44 on 11thMo. 28, 2011, Emma Green said…
Hi, I'm afraid we have now left BYM. In the end we couldn't cope with the aparent lack of Christ centred fellowship in the wider Quaker Community. The end came for me when at the end of a conference about how to inspire small meetings, a lovely Welsh Quaker stood up and ministered that he hadn't heard God mentioned all week. he was shouted down and booed - poor man. That was the end for me. I thought Quakers were meant to be tolerant? We have gone back to our Catholic church but I do miss the Quaker ministry and feel able to keep up with NFF.
- At 9:03 on 11thMo. 29, 2011, Tony Haynes said…
I think that is very sad, Emma, that any Quakers could be so intolerant. But, if the intolerant Quakers were non-theist, doesn't that tell you something?
I have been absent from this site for a long while. Wasn't sure where my roots were any more, but I've now been shown that they are with the NFF, so here I am again.
Jose, if you want to communicate with me direcetly by email at any time, you will find me at
canaldrifter at gmx dot com
blessings on all
Tone
- At 22:50 on 5thMo. 25, 2012, Malcolm Winch said…
Dear Tone,
I have been intending to contact you for some time.
My Son and Daughter in Law, like you. cruise the waterways of Britain. I will shortly be seeing them at Boroughbridge Yorkshire, where they are moored at present. My limited experience- through them- of life on the waterways shows me that the "cruisers" are the nearest I have come across to a christian community. The help they give to each other is an example to the World.
The Christian Friend,
Malcolm
- At 11:44 on 6thMo. 21, 2012, Malcolm Winch said…
Tone,
I am very enthusiastic about your proposal that we carry out a survey of meetings. It is something that could be discussed at Woodbrooke.
If you are not going to Woodbrooke, perhaps we could meet up, a little later, in York.
Thy Christian Friend,
Malcolm
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