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Calmness Music-icon-small

From Quaker Thought, Posted by Val Schorre on Jun 08, 2008
read and written by W. Norman Cooper from Seize the Day p 254

Everyone wishes to live a calm and unhurried life. Where then is calmness to be found? Certainly not...

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Stephen Travis Pope reads Rufus Jones

In the Bible, Jesus never promised that the door to the things we most desire is an open door. The policy of the open door...

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Approx 3 minutes

Your Search for God Music-icon-small

From Quaker Thought, Posted by Val Schorre on May 26, 2008
read and written by W. Norman Cooper, from "Seize the Day" p 227

Words used in religion can be helpful in your search for God because religious truth can hint...

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Approx 2 minutes

Considering Your Promises Music-icon-small

From Quaker Thought, Posted by Val Schorre on May 24, 2008
Read by Martha Churchyard from the Letters of George Fox 380

And now dear Friends, in all your words, in all your business and employments, have a care of breaking your...

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Elizabeth had to cope with different black/white cultural concepts of how to deal with discipline with children, and it was an important learning experience in both directions. From ...
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When did love arrive - for the triplets, their father and, finally for their mother? In this excerpt from the first chapter of Walk With Us, Elizabeth talks...
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The Grandeur of Stillness Music-icon-small

From Quaker Thought, Posted by Val Schorre on May 11, 2008
Read by: W. Norman Cooper From his book, "Sieze the Day" p 216

Have you discovered the grandeur of stillness? In this world of discordant sounds, how refreshing is a period...

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Approx 2 minutes

The Way of Growth Music-icon-small

From Quaker Thought, Posted by Val Schorre on May 04, 2008
read by Stephen Travis Pope

The following is based on a note written in 1933 by Rufus Jones.

In Psalm 1 there is the phrase "He shall be like a tree planted...

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Approx 3 minutes

Don't Talk Too Much Music-icon-small

From Quaker Thought, Posted by Val Schorre on Apr 27, 2008
from Sieze the Day by W. Norman Cooper

There is a saying that "talk is cheap." But actually unnecessary talk is very costly. To talk when we should be silent often...

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Doing Truth to All Music-icon-small

Posted by Val Schorre on Apr 20, 2008
Read by Martha Churchyard

So, this is the word of the Lord God to you all. Do rightly, whether you be tradesmen, of what calling or profession or sort so ever,...

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Approx 3 minutes