July 2009
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Posted by James Riemermann on Jul 25 2009 | Tagged as: Approved Chapters, Faith and Practice
Approved by Northern Yearly Meeting May 24, 2009
“God saw all that was made, and it was very good.”
–Genesis 1.31 NRSV.
“It would go a great way to caution and direct people in the Use of the World, that they were better studied and known in the Creation of it. For how can [...]
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Posted by James Riemermann on Jul 25 2009 | Tagged as: Annual Sessions, Reports and Epistles, Stevens Point
A COMMUNITY OF FRIENDSHIP
A locus of communion
In a delicate and dynamic balance
Between that of the Divine we hold
In-common
And that perspective of the Divine
Each individual carries.
Community thrives in our knowing each other,
Our gifts,
And all the burdens we bear
Through living
As humans.
Through loving conflict
We let die our will
And come to unity.
And from that death
We each rise
To begin that [...]
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