We've been spending some time in the woods lately...
Landscape Journal
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Witness in Egypt
Here are some landscape photos I found of Egypt. The landscape there has witnessed a lot of events recently.
From: http://www.photographyserved.com/gallery/Egypt/912819
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Witness and The Quakers
This website was one of the more relevant to our class, with a focus on the environment:
They're everywhere
The lack of a creed or clear description of Quaker beliefs has
sometimes led to the misconception that Friends do not have beliefs or that one can believe anything and be a Friend. Most Quakers take the absence of a creed as an invitation and encouragement to exercise an extra measure of personal responsibility for the understanding and articulation of Quaker faith. Rather than rely on priests or professional theologians, each believer is encouraged to take seriously the personal disciplines associated with spiritual growth. Out of lives of reflection, prayer, faithfulness, and service flow the statements of belief, both in word and in deed.
sometimes led to the misconception that Friends do not have beliefs or that one can believe anything and be a Friend. Most Quakers take the absence of a creed as an invitation and encouragement to exercise an extra measure of personal responsibility for the understanding and articulation of Quaker faith. Rather than rely on priests or professional theologians, each believer is encouraged to take seriously the personal disciplines associated with spiritual growth. Out of lives of reflection, prayer, faithfulness, and service flow the statements of belief, both in word and in deed.
--from Pacific Yearly Meeting Faith and Practice
"We utterly deny all outward wars and strife and fightings with outward weapons, for any end or under any pretence whatsoever. And this is our testimony to the whole world."
From "A Declaration to Charles II," 1661. Full text at:http://www.quaker.org/peaceweb/pdecla07.html
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