11-01-2021, 11:27 PM
Does anyone here have any experience with Quaker Christians (or they may refer to themselves as Christian Quakers), or insight into Quaker christianity?
I ask because I'm reading the third book (called The Legacy ) in a trilogy by Michael Phillips and there is a reference to Quakers and one in particular, John Woolman of New Jersey. To clarify, the trilogy is a work of fiction, but in the fiction, there are references to a non-fiction historical person. Clear as mud?
What has me asking mostly, I think, is that in the work of fiction, and in the short effort I've put into additional research around Quakerism, it seems they have a significant emphasis on each believer grappling individually with their faith and listening for what God wants them individually to do.
This strikes me as very similar to Ed's consistent message that what God calls him to do is not necessarily what God is calling each of the rest of us to do. And he is not posting so we can follow the path he has discovered God is calling him to, but that he posts to encourage us to find out from God for ourselves what God wants from each of us.
I'd especially be curious for any encouragement for or warnings against looking more deeply into Quaker theology based on whatever anyone here may know or have heard.
Incidentally, I came across a Quaker related website called friendsjournal.org. I've gathered that journaling about one's spiritual journal is encouraged among Quakers. There were also links on the same site to a book review of a book about small community farming, and links to "Speculative Fiction and Sci-Fi". My curiosity is piqued.
I ask because I'm reading the third book (called The Legacy ) in a trilogy by Michael Phillips and there is a reference to Quakers and one in particular, John Woolman of New Jersey. To clarify, the trilogy is a work of fiction, but in the fiction, there are references to a non-fiction historical person. Clear as mud?
What has me asking mostly, I think, is that in the work of fiction, and in the short effort I've put into additional research around Quakerism, it seems they have a significant emphasis on each believer grappling individually with their faith and listening for what God wants them individually to do.
This strikes me as very similar to Ed's consistent message that what God calls him to do is not necessarily what God is calling each of the rest of us to do. And he is not posting so we can follow the path he has discovered God is calling him to, but that he posts to encourage us to find out from God for ourselves what God wants from each of us.
I'd especially be curious for any encouragement for or warnings against looking more deeply into Quaker theology based on whatever anyone here may know or have heard.
Incidentally, I came across a Quaker related website called friendsjournal.org. I've gathered that journaling about one's spiritual journal is encouraged among Quakers. There were also links on the same site to a book review of a book about small community farming, and links to "Speculative Fiction and Sci-Fi". My curiosity is piqued.
Benjamin