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Short quotations or excerpts
What Men Live By
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What Men Live by read by W. Norman Cooper, written by Ruth Morris
Tolstoy wrote a story called What Men Live By. At the end he states clearly the answers to... |
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Learning From Doubting Thomas read by W. Norman Cooper
Can we learn from the story of Doubting Thomas? Was he exhorted to have faith only? Was the appeal not also to... |
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2002/01/13 Heusel
“Man’s dual nature” read by W. Norman Cooper Lotton Heusel wrote: The Society of Friends at its best has a balanced perspective--there is emancipation from theological rigidity, and, therefore, an openness... |
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“Understanding the Bible”
In 1986, the London Yearly Meeting stated: We understand the Bible as a record arising from ... struggles to comprehend God's ways with people. The same Spirit which inspired... |
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2002/02/10 Fingesten read by W. Norman Cooper
The Prayer of Centering Down Prayer or meditation requires what Quakers call, "centering down." Of this centering down, Peter Fingesten has written: Centering down is like... |
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Practical, Idealistic Pacifism read by W. Norman Cooper
George Lakey has written: When I encountered Quakerism for the first time as a young man, I was struck by the sheer boldness of... |
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The Paradox of Being Perfect read by W. Norman Cooper
Lyman Randall has written: I once viewed perfection as a state of flawlessness and my own pursuit of it as a lifelong... |
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Terrorism Must Be Stopped read by W. Norman Cooper
Many in our nation are struggling with anger and frustration. We must not turn this on our fellow human beings, including those... |
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The Stranger of Galilee read by W. Norman Cooper
Gracia Fay Ellwood, an Ojai California Quaker, has used part of Mrs. C. H. Morris's hymn, The Stranger of Galilee, to pen... |
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Standing Still In The Light read by W. Norman Cooper
It is the experience, I believe, of all those who have been most deeply conscious of His revelations of Himself that... |
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