Comments for convergent friends

Comment on Dinner Notice for North Carolina QUIP by Robin Mohr

Robin Mohr — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 19:41:50 +0000

One more thing: on Monday, Scott Wagoner and I will be having lunch in Greensboro to talk about Quakerism and the emerging church. If you’d like to join us, let me know!

Comment on Domain Renewal Time by zoecarnate

zoecarnate — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:08:16 +0000

I’m brand new to Converging Friend Land but I’d love to help. PayPal?

Comment on Domain Renewal Time by wess

wess — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 06:10:28 +0000

Thanks again for helping out Bill.

Comment on Domain Renewal Time by Bill Clendineng

Bill Clendineng — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 02:23:35 +0000

I’d be glad to help. How?

Comment on Convergent Friends Introduction and Other Downloadable Resources by wess

wess — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 18:04:38 +0000

Thanks Frederick - I’ve add you to the list!

Comment on Convergent Friends Introduction and Other Downloadable Resources by Frederick

Frederick — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 15:20:47 +0000

Sign me up! When (one of?) the Quaker Frappr maps first showed up, I put myself on it, and chose the “Convergent” label before I knew there was a group around it — because I didn’t feel adequately described by the other categories available.

Comment on Convergent Friends Introduction and Other Downloadable Resources by John Kindley

John Kindley — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 18:28:23 +0000

Thanks Wess. I appreciate it.

Comment on Convergent Friends Introduction and Other Downloadable Resources by wess

wess — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 00:31:46 +0000

Hey John, thanks for the comment. I’ve added you to the blogroll.

Comment on Convergent Friends Introduction and Other Downloadable Resources by John Kindley

John Kindley — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 03:56:16 +0000

I have to admit that I’d heard offhand of Convergent Friends sometime in the past but didn’t know until researching it today what it’s all about. By what I’ve learned today I consider myself a Convergent Friend, and would say I have been since I began attending Quaker meeting several years ago. I recall that when I was reading about Quaker history and the different divisions among Friends several years ago I came across a discussion of Conservative Friends and thinking “That really sounds like what I believe; too bad it appears that they seem to be a small minority of Friends and none are around here.” I’m less clear at present about the “Emergent Church” part of “Convergent,” despite reading the lengthy Wikipedia article on the subject. One thing that did catch my eye and intrigued me, though, is the postmodern epistemology aspect of the Emergent Church, which according to the Wikipedia article shies away from claims of certainty. In my post “Why be a Quaker?” on my new blog at leftlibertarianquaker.blogspot.com, I explained that a large factor in my turning towards Quakerism was that while I think we can KNOW that God exists by an immediate natural apperception of the intellect, I am necessarily less certain about the propositions of Christian faith. I am strongly persuaded of and “believe” the central propositions of the Christian faith (by a preponderance of the historical evidence and the apparent beauty and truth of Jesus’ life and teachings, etc.), but I resist the notion that salvation depends both upon believing those propositions to be true and the truth of those propositions. I wonder what a Conservative Friend would say about that way of looking at Christian faith.

I’d be very glad to be added to the blogroll if you’d like to add my blog.

Comment on Convergent Friends Introduction and Other Downloadable Resources by Robin Mohr

Robin Mohr — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 22:03:42 +0000

This resource page was great help when I was preparing a handout for Friends at the FGC Gathering a few weeks ago. Thanks!

Robin