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Holy Ordinary: Quaker Thoughts on Life and Faith

Holy Ordinary: Quaker Thoughts on Life and Faith

http://holyordinary.blogspot.com

Miscellaneous thoughts and rambling by Brent Bill. Brent is a Quaker minister and author who writes about everyday spirituality -- the ordinary which is wholly holy. He'll be recommending books with a surprising spiritual dimension, too.

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  • Quaker Wisdom for Today

    Posted on Monday November 30th, 2009 at 07:41

    "Facing the future, even with a sure faith, is not easy. I am cautious at every step forward, taking time and believing I shall be told where to go and what to do. Waiting patiently and creatively is at times unbearably difficult, but I know it must ...

  • Quaker Wisdom for Today

    Posted on Sunday November 29th, 2009 at 07:38

    "Hope, peace, and encouragement is not enough to depict my religion. When my spirit is animated by my religion and is aware of the inviolable Truth prevailing, my heart dances for joy and gratitude and sings the praise of God! Every moment is a myste...

  • Quaker Wisdom for Today

    Posted on Friday November 27th, 2009 at 11:45

    "If we dwell in the presence of God, we shall be led by the spirit. We do well to remember that being led by the spirit depends not so much upon God, who is always there to lead us, as upon our willingness to be led. "-- Gordon Matthews...

  • Quaker Wisdom for Today

    Posted on Wednesday November 25th, 2009 at 18:25

    "When I go up to kiss my sleeping children and linger with them, in quietness and love, that is prayer. There is a wordless unity of God, myself, my children, a sense of gratitude and reverence, awareness of my need for strength, shame for my failing...

  • Thanks for a Bounty of People, Again...

    Posted on Wednesday November 25th, 2009 at 08:20 in friends, friendship, thanksgiving

    As I drove home last night, I enjoyed watching the blue sky begin to dim and a huge bank of clouds forming a line on the western horizon. I knew those clouds would be bringing rain and colder weather (and maybe even the first snow!), but they looked...

  • Quaker Wisdom for Today

    Posted on Tuesday November 24th, 2009 at 16:49 in love, quakers, god's love, quaker

    "We ... can send out the Eternal Love in silent, searching hope, and meet each person with a background of eternal expectations and a silent, wordless prayer of love."-- Thomas R. Kelly...

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