How does God call humanity to live in community? A person starts to see things differently after seven and a half years of living on the road, building personal relationships in all kinds of places, learning to love across barriers of difference, distrust, and fear.
Quaker theology says that a group of people listening together can understand God’s call better than any individual can. So—how are believers meant to love their neighbor? What is the right way to care for each other? Does the Holy Spirit offer guidance on war, governance, education, or friendship in a way that’s relevant for ordinary people? To find these answers, people need to hear from one another.
From North America to Africa, from Europe to the West Pacific, Emily Provance—a Quaker traveling minister—searched for communities’ answers to these questions. She discovered a surprising number of points of agreement among thousands of people all over the world. This book starts with the story of that listening journey, then offers the collective wisdom uncovered, supplemented with stories and reflections and practical ways to apply the ideas in ordinary life.
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A Testimony of Community
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Christian TheologyTable of contents
- Title Page
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Minute 1: (Engaging Across Differences)
- Minute 2: (Corporate Discernment)
- Minute 3: (Spiritual Unity)
- Minute 4: (Spiritual Transformation)
- Minute 5: (Community Faithfulness)
- Minute 6: (Being in the World, Not Withdrawing from It)
- Minute 7: (Participation)
- Minute 8: (Listening)
- Minute 9: (Learning From Each Other)
- Minute 10: (Learning from Our Ancestors and Continuing Revelation)
- Minute 11: (Discerning How a Person is Called)
- Minute 12: (Ministry)
- Minute 13: (Eldering and Vocal Ministry)
- Minute 14: (Mutual Accountability)
- Minute 15: (How the Adversary Divides Us)
- Minute 16: (Conflict)
- Minute 17: (Abuse)
- Minute 18:(Response to Witnessing Suffering)
- Minute 19: (Violence and War)
- Minute 20: (Evil)
- Minute 21: (God’s Protection)
- Minute 22: (False Prophets)
- Minute 23: (Abuse of Religious Practices for Personal Gain)
- Minute 24: (Communication)
- Minute 25: (Nonverbal Communication)
- Minute 26: (Artists and Musicians)
- Minute 27: (Honesty)
- Minute 28: (Informed Decisions)
- Minute 29: (Humility)
- Minute 30: (Why We Need Faith Communities)
- Minute 31: (Newcomers)
- Minute 32: (New Members)
- Minute 33: (Membership)
- Minute 34: (Mutual Care in Community)
- Minute 35: (Nurturing Intergenerational Community)
- Minute 36: (Record Keeping)
- Minute 37: (Ending Relationships)
- Minute 38: (Abortion and Birth Control)
- Minute 39: (Marriage)
- Minute 40: (Death)
- Minute 41: (Friendship)
- Minute 42: (Sexuality)
- Minute 43: (Care of Young People Generally)
- Minute 44: (How to Treat Children and Families in Faith Communities)
- Minute 45: (Home and Family)
- Minute 46: (Expectations)
- Minute 47: (God’s Desire for Relationship with Us)
- Minute 48: (Growth)
- Minute 49: (Prayer)
- Minute 50: (Belief and Creed)
- Minute 51: (Networks of Relationships of Faith Communities)
- Minute 52: (Ecumenical and Interfaith Relationships)
- Minute 53: (Mission Work)
- Minute 54: (Honoring Significant Events in Community)
- Minute 55: (How to Develop and Relate to Policies and Procedures)
- Minute 56: (Representatives)
- Minute 57: (Spiritual Gifts)
- Minute 58: (Traveling Ministers)
- Minute 59: (Visiting People)
- Minute 60: (Working Together)
- Minute 61: (Emergencies and Crises)
- Minute 62: (Emotions)
- Minute 63: (Forgiveness)
- Minute 64: (The Consequences of Our Actions)
- Minute 65: (What Happens in Crowds)
- Minute 66: (Addiction)
- Minute 67: (Illness)
- Minute 68: (Privacy)
- Minute 369: (Solitude)
- Minute 70: (Gender Equality)
- Minute 71: (Personal Financial Stewardship)
- Minute 72: (Budgets)
- Minute 73: (Peace, Justice, and Economics)
- Minute 74: (Theft and Related Matters)
- Minute 75: (Integrity in Business)
- Minute 76: (Technology)
- Minute 77: (Doing What’s Right for the Right Reasons)
- Minute 78: (Sacramental Daily Interpersonal Behavior)
- Minute 79: (Sin as an Outward Manifestation of an Interior Condition)
- Minute 80: (Things We Ought Not to Do)
- Minute 81: (Love)
- Minute 82: (Wealth and Right Sharing)
- Minute 83: (Cultures and Cross-Culturalism)
- Minute 84: (Education)
- Minute 85: (Government)
- Minute 86: (Human Interdependence and Creation)
- Minute 87: (Law, Justice, Crime, and Redemption)
- Minute 88: (Leadership)
- Minute 89: (Workplaces)
- Minute 90: (Sacredness of Places)
- Minute 91: (The Pathway to Ending Oppression)
- Minute 92: (Worship and Awe)
- Bibliography
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