The Psychology of Salvation, Pt. 7 — The Call of Salvation
If deep change is to occur, somehow a powerful dissonance must be triggered; our well-established schematic network of core beliefs must be challenged by love.
The Psychology of Salvation, Pt. 8 — Responding to the Call
Salvation requires that we learn to discern and attend to something deeper than conscience, something that can properly orient and illumine the conscience; namely, the hidden light of love within us, which, as we have seen, Friends identified with the life and power of God. Only that can give us “a new heart” by leading us out of our self-centered schematic bias.
The Basis of Quaker Pacifism
We are pacifists because, re-centered in God-who-is-agapē, we find that love is stronger than our fear and anger.
By His Wounds We Are Healed
We may initially come to religion in flight from pain, but the image of Christ in the “doubting Thomas” story warns us that to flee from love’s wounds is to flee from “the way, the truth, and the life.”
The Zen of Quakerism
If, when I’m feeling a little playful, someone were to ask me to summarize Quakerism in a sentence or two, I might say this: You have a heart. Use it. If the person looked puzzled or expectant, I might say more: It’s not the heart your parents gave you. […]
Answering That of God
“Walk cheerfully over the earth, answering that of God in everyone” is certainly a rich and challenging exhortation; however, it’s not one that George Fox actually gave.
Perfection and Pacifism
George Fox rejected military service and participation in war not because he was a pacifist but because he was a saint.
The Postmodern Quaker 