Latest posts tagged with #quaker on Bluesky
Ramakrishna
I need to do some more reading about the history of #Quakerism in India. "The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna" records the conversation of one disciple, Misra. Misra was a #Quaker. He tells the other disciples that he has seen Jesus & Ramakrishna in visions, saying that Ramakrishna was also God. 🪷✝️
Ruaridh the Meeting House cat Young Ruaridh is a ghost-white cat Who lives usually upon the Quaker meeting house stair, High above the bend on Victoria Terrace, He surveys the views, expecting the shambling Quakers, As they shuffle in for another meeting. But it is not a Sunday, so he feels no obligation to attend. Instead another cause must be using the meeting house, Strangers to him, and strangers to the house. These are younger, brightly clothed, hair full shag, And identifiable to Ruaridh as vegetarian by their scent. He watches the heart-fired teenagers troop inside, All out of step, but full of certainty and hormones. A moment later come bouncing pensioners, All in black, long silver witch hair hanging loose. Some are familiar to him, or the other way around, So he leaps from his perch atop tenuous Victorian tiles, Down around a window ledge, then down another, Then, tail wrapped round as counterweight, He descends the final corniced pillar. He follows the last heel through the door, Beginning to twine around recognisable ankles. “Careful Ruaridh!” One old lady says, As he tangles with the folds of her long black cloak. “I’m sure there will be a treat for you if you just sit bonny, Let us get through the meeting.” He pauses for a moment, then follows them up the stairs, The meeting room is large, Some of the younger visitors comment on the view, “All the way to Pentlands, snow still in April.” The view from the roof is much better, Ruaridh knows, The only disturbance being pigeons, And they usually only once, if his pounce is accurate. All round the room the chairs and pews are out of order, Signs with slogans lean against each other And there is talking with uncharacteristic vigour. Some shout, others talk over each other, Some of the young, merely gaze at each other, Barely conscious of the hubbub, noticing only, The ways a tie-dye waistcoat sits, or a patchwork skirt. Ruaridh pays little attention to the
roof is much better, Ruaridh knows, The only disturbance being pigeons, And they usually only once, if his pounce is accurate. All round the room the chairs and pews are out of order, Signs with slogans lean against each other And there is talking with uncharacteristic vigour. Some shout, others talk over each other, Some of the young, merely gaze at each other, Barely conscious of the hubbub, noticing only, The ways a tie-dye waistcoat sits, or a patchwork skirt. Ruaridh pays little attention to the human affairs, Investigating handbag and rucksack, Until he finds one worth bothering the owner of. She spotting his desperate air, reaches in for treasured nibbles. Before searching out, and pawing at the next bag, and the next. Belly full, he jumps to the sunny windowsill, Checks back to the ongoing discussion, Then outside, to count the starlings, And falls contentedly to sleep. GB 8th March, 2026
Reflections on America, the world, and life #LeavesontheCurrent #Peace #Personal #Quaker #Teaching www.dailykos.com/story/2026/4...
4 Apr 1659: Sarah Cheevers & Katharine Evans #Quaker missionaries are imprisoned by the Inquisition in #Malta #otd (eebo) Released July 1662.
Quaker Religious Thought (QRT) and Quaker Theological Discussion Group (QTDG) are now on Bluesky! Share this post so we find all our #Quaker F/friends. While you're at it, check out our QTDG panel discussions from December on the topic, "Quaker Public Ministry." qtdg.org/2025/12/20/l...
Book now for the QVA x #Quaker Rainbow Gathering this June!
We offer a tired fee structure, financial support, and a reduced rate for 14-16 year olds.
qva.org.uk/rainbow/
Captain Horatio Magellan Crunch © Allan Burns Cap'n Crunch belongs to Quaker Oats Company
Mascot March 2026: (Day 18) Cap'n Crunch
#fanart #digitalart #cartoon #captainhoratiomagellancrunch #capncrunch #quaker #cereal #quakeroats #quakeroatscompany #mascotmarch #mascotmarch2026 #artistsonbluesky
“Ik ben een #gewetensbezwaarde, een #Quaker en #pacifist. Ik ben niet onderworpen aan de dienstplicht en moet volgens artikel 35 van de grondwet van #Oekraïne een alternatieve, niet-militaire dienst krijgen.”
www.nieuwwij.nl/actueel/oekr...
Ivy loves being read to! Her favorite is pictured books. They help her vocabulary, but she also likes staring at the photos.
Does anyone else's quaker like being read to?
#quakerparrot #quaker #petparrots #birdsofbluesky
📣 New Podcast! "The Quaker City – George Lippard Audiobook | Dark 19th Century American Gothic & Social Critique Part 1" on @Spreaker #19th #american #audiobook #century #city #classic #corruption #dark #fiction #george #gothic #lippard #literature #moral #novel #philadelphia #quaker #social
📣 New Podcast! "The Quaker City – George Lippard Audiobook | Dark 19th Century American Gothic & Social Critique Part 2" on @Spreaker #19th #american #audiobook #century #city #classic #corruption #dark #fiction #george #gothic #lippard #literature #moral #novel #philadelphia #quaker #social
📣 New Podcast! "The Quaker City – George Lippard Audiobook | Dark 19th Century American Gothic & Social Critique Part 3" on @Spreaker #19th #american #audiobook #century #city #classic #corruption #dark #fiction #george #gothic #lippard #literature #moral #novel #philadelphia #quaker #social
📣 New Podcast! "The Quaker City – George Lippard Audiobook | Dark 19th Century American Gothic & Social Critique Part 4" on @Spreaker #19th #american #audiobook #century #city #classic #corruption #dark #fiction #george #gothic #lippard #literature #moral #novel #philadelphia #quaker #social
In more fanciful moments, I like to think of Joseph of Nazareth as the first #Quaker. Joseph has no recorded words in Scripture, but his silence is spirit-led & active. He shields his betrothed from disgrace. & when Jesus is endangered, Joseph is faithful to his dreams. He lives from silence.
Please join us in welcoming Barry Jenkinson to Quaker Voluntary Action's board of Trustees!
Barry is QVA's new Treasurer, and we are delighted with the wealth of financial and #Quaker experience his appointment brings to our team.
qva.org.uk/qva-welcomes...
Im letzten Jahr habe ich begonnen, das Quäkertum wiederzuentdecken - eine Tradition, die mich schon während meiner Studienzeit in London begleitet hat.
Gleichzeitig habe ich langsam meinen Platz im Fediverse gefunden.
Ein Satz von @wess blieb mir besonders im Kopf:
„The Quaker tradition is the […]
"Make a difference donate today" in black text at the top overlays an image of volunteers in the West Bank. An illustration of a handshake sits in the centre.Quaker Voluntary Action logo with website address qva.org.uk/donate appears at the bottom. The whole image is surrounded by a thin orange border.
Would you like to:
- Give low-income volunteers life-changing experiences?
- Ensure retreats are safe, supportive spaces?
- Create new volunteering opportunities?
- Send practical help to more Quaker Centres?
Please visit the #Quaker Voluntary Action website to donate: qva.org.uk/donate Thank you.
Fri, March 13, 2026 QUAKER AGING "Sometimes religion appears to be presented as offering easy cures for pain: have faith and God will mend your hurts; reach out to God and your woundedness will be healed. The Beatitude 'Blessed are they who mourn, for they shall be comforted' can be interpreted this way too, but the Latin root of the word 'comfort' means 'with strength' rather than 'at ease'. The Beatitude is not promising to take away our pain; indeed the inference my is that the pain will remain with us. It does promise that God will cherish us and our wound, and help us draw a blessing from our distressed state." — Jocelyn Bell Burnell, 1989 Quaker physicist
#quaker truth from my favourite physicist.
9 Mar 1654: George Fox #Quaker leader has an audience with a very wary Oliver Cromwell #otd. They talk for most of the morning and the Lord Protector subsequently releases him (eebo)
Attend to what love requires of you, which may not be great busyness.
#Quaker truth.
HAPPY NATIONAL CEREAL DAY! This Third Season commercial for Quaker's Quisp and Quake cereals is super cute!
Video courtesy of TV Toy Memories on YouTube.
#Bewitched #NationalCerealDay #Quaker #ElizabethMontgomery #BewitchedHistoryBook
“We utterly deny all outward wars and strife and fightings with outward weapons, for any end...” QUNO echoes the testimony of #Quaker leader George Fox nearly 400 years ago. We mourn the lives lost and call for an end to military action in #Iran: https://quno.org/newsroom/there-is-no-just-war/
Is anyone else doing a chronological Bible this year? #Anglican #Christian #Lutheran #Catholic #Baptist #UnitedChurch #Presbyterian #Mennonite #Quaker #Calvinist
