Comments for Northwest Yearly Meeting of Friends (Quakers) http://nwfriends.org Sat, 19 May 2012 02:07:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on Book Review: Addiction and Grace by lara http://nwfriends.org/book-review-addiction-and-grace/comment-page-1/#comment-57534 lara Sat, 19 May 2012 02:07:02 +0000 http://nwfriends.org/?p=12110#comment-57534 this is a powerful testimony. i was about to buy the book and looked to find a review and found this testimony. I am struggling with my addiction to my every night 2-3 glasses of wine...and yet every day i long for Jesus! I worship God throughout my days and then evening hits and i am overcome by this temptation....I want nothing more than to be completely satisified by God alone and not feel like i need anything else! this is a powerful testimony. i was about to buy the book and looked to find a review and found this testimony. I am struggling with my addiction to my every night 2-3 glasses of wine…and yet every day i long for Jesus! I worship God throughout my days and then evening hits and i am overcome by this temptation….I want nothing more than to be completely satisified by God alone and not feel like i need anything else!

]]> Comment on Plain & Simple by Wilbur Wood http://nwfriends.org/plain-simple-4/comment-page-1/#comment-57211 Wilbur Wood Sun, 25 Mar 2012 23:32:55 +0000 http://nwfriends.org/?p=11760#comment-57211 Two recent books come to mind, each one of them somewhat related to this article in different ways. Darwin's Sacred Cause by Adrian Desmond and James Moore chronicles the interaction of Darwin's family concern for the abolition of the slave trade and his research and writing on evolution and the origns of human beings. The Chocolate Wars, by one of the Cadburys, is a retelling of the development of the chocolate industry, mostly in England, which was led by Quaker families. What is emphasized is the very different business plans of the founders of the chocolate industry which focused on the well being of the employees more than amassing great profits. Both books are somewhat wordy and tedious at times, but still well worth ploughing through. Two recent books come to mind, each one of them somewhat related to this article in different ways. Darwin’s Sacred Cause by Adrian Desmond and James Moore chronicles the interaction of Darwin’s family concern for the abolition of the slave trade and his research and writing on evolution and the origns of human beings. The Chocolate Wars, by one of the Cadburys, is a retelling of the development of the chocolate industry, mostly in England, which was led by Quaker families. What is emphasized is the very different business plans of the founders of the chocolate industry which focused on the well being of the employees more than amassing great profits. Both books are somewhat wordy and tedious at times, but still well worth ploughing through.

]]> Comment on Out of My Mind ~ Before the face of God by Gena http://nwfriends.org/out-of-my-mind-before-the-face-of-god/comment-page-1/#comment-57143 Gena Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:46:39 +0000 http://www.nwfriends.org/2008/10/out-of-my-mind-before-the-face-of-god/#comment-57143 I think you really hit the nail on the head where you said, Grace isn’t tolerant of sin, it’s ministering to the repentant heart. Grace doesn’t excuse the flesh, but cultivates the spirit. Very well put and a very good reminder. Thanks for the post!-Sharayah I think you really hit the nail on the head where you said, Grace isn’t tolerant of sin, it’s ministering to the repentant heart. Grace doesn’t excuse the flesh, but cultivates the spirit. Very well put and a very good reminder. Thanks for the post!-Sharayah

]]> Comment on Youth Rep to EFC-MAYM by Adam Monaghan http://nwfriends.org/youth-rep-to-efc-maym/comment-page-1/#comment-57135 Adam Monaghan Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:52:03 +0000 http://nwfriends.org/?p=11710#comment-57135 Awesome report, Katie! it was so great to have you last summer at our camps! God bless you in NWYM! Adam Monaghan Awesome report, Katie! it was so great to have you last summer at our camps! God bless you in NWYM!

Adam Monaghan

]]> Comment on Plain & Simple by Shawn http://nwfriends.org/plain-simple-3/comment-page-1/#comment-57115 Shawn Wed, 18 Jan 2012 08:07:10 +0000 http://nwfriends.org/?p=11707#comment-57115 I have never heard Quakers raised into faith by their families. I personally made a choice, a public choice, a personal decision in a NWYM church. In this Quaker church, there was an altar up front where I went to pray, and be prayed over, and made my decision to accept Jesus as my Lord and Savior. It was all part of the Sunday service, while a Quaker missionary woman was preaching. It is one of my favorite stories to tell. It was quite a day....... I have never heard Quakers raised into faith by their families. I personally made a choice, a public choice, a personal decision in a NWYM church. In this Quaker church, there was an altar up front where I went to pray, and be prayed over, and made my decision to accept Jesus as my Lord and Savior. It was all part of the Sunday service, while a Quaker missionary woman was preaching. It is one of my favorite stories to tell. It was quite a day…….

]]> Comment on Peace Month 2012 by Peace Month | Silverton Friends Church http://nwfriends.org/peacemonth/comment-page-1/#comment-57102 Peace Month | Silverton Friends Church Wed, 04 Jan 2012 17:42:14 +0000 http://nwfriends.org/#comment-57102 [...] information on Peace Month please check out the Northwest Yearly Meeting special site by clicking HERE. GA_googleAddAttr("AdOpt", "1"); GA_googleAddAttr("Origin", "other"); [...] [...] information on Peace Month please check out the Northwest Yearly Meeting special site by clicking HERE. GA_googleAddAttr("AdOpt", "1"); GA_googleAddAttr("Origin", "other"); [...]

]]> Comment on Homedale by Homedale Church Partners http://nwfriends.org/churches/caldwell/homedale/comment-page-1/#comment-57100 Homedale Church Partners Fri, 30 Dec 2011 22:11:29 +0000 http://dev.nwfriends.org/?page_id=116#comment-57100 [...] Assembly of God Friends Community Church Mountain View Church of the Nazarene Filed Under: Homedale, [...] [...] Assembly of God Friends Community Church Mountain View Church of the Nazarene Filed Under: Homedale, [...]

]]> Comment on 50 Years in Peru by Thea Cowley http://nwfriends.org/50-years-in-peru/comment-page-1/#comment-56149 Thea Cowley Fri, 21 Oct 2011 03:58:16 +0000 http://nwfriends.org/?p=10639#comment-56149 Alice--I'm so glad you got through to let us know what the "excitement" was. We are praying, and so happy to hear the news. Thea Cowley (Elenita's daughter) Alice–I’m so glad you got through to let us know what the “excitement” was. We are praying, and so happy to hear the news. Thea Cowley (Elenita’s daughter)

]]> Comment on 50 Years in Peru by ALICE MAURER http://nwfriends.org/50-years-in-peru/comment-page-1/#comment-55805 ALICE MAURER Tue, 18 Oct 2011 17:49:47 +0000 http://nwfriends.org/?p=10639#comment-55805 AM HAVING TROUBLE WITH THIS SPANISH SITE, AND IN ACCESSSING MY OWN EMAIL, BUT JUST WANT TO SAY GOD IS BLESSING OUR TRIP. IT WAS BY HIS PROVIDENCE THAT KEN COMFORT WAS WITH US YESTERDAY AS WE TRAVELED BY BUS FROM ILLAVE TO LA PAZ AND ENCOUNTERED A PROTEST THAT WAS STOPPING TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS JUST BEFORE WE GOT TO COPACABANA. KEN´S INTERVENTION, SAYING HE WAS A CHILD IN AMACARI, SON OF GENE AND BETTY COMFORT, GAVE HIM AN IN AS SEVERAL REMEMBERED GENE AND BETTY. LOTS OF DETAILS THAT I CAN´T GO INTO HERE, BUT JUST TO KNOW THAT YOUR PRAYERS ARE IMPORTANT. AND AFTER ABOUT 4 HOURS OF NEGOTIATION, KEN WAS ABLE TO PERSUADE THE PEOPLE TO OPEN THE BLOCADE FOR A SHORT WHILE TO LET THE TRAFFIC THROUGH IN BOTH DIRECTIONS THEN THEY WERE GOING TO CLOSE IT AGAIN. KNOW THAT WE ARE HAVING A WONDERFUL TIME WITH THE BRETHREN HERE. WORDS CAN´T EXPRESS THE JOY IT HAS BEEN TO SEE THE ADVANCEMENT AND MATURITY OF THE PERUVIAN FRIENDS CHURCH. KEEP PRAYING. ALICE AM HAVING TROUBLE WITH THIS SPANISH SITE, AND IN ACCESSSING MY OWN EMAIL, BUT JUST WANT TO SAY GOD IS BLESSING OUR TRIP. IT WAS BY HIS PROVIDENCE THAT KEN COMFORT WAS WITH US YESTERDAY AS WE TRAVELED BY BUS FROM ILLAVE TO LA PAZ AND ENCOUNTERED A PROTEST THAT WAS STOPPING TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS JUST BEFORE WE GOT TO COPACABANA. KEN´S INTERVENTION, SAYING HE WAS A CHILD IN AMACARI, SON OF GENE AND BETTY COMFORT, GAVE HIM AN IN AS SEVERAL REMEMBERED GENE AND BETTY. LOTS OF DETAILS THAT I CAN´T GO INTO HERE, BUT JUST TO KNOW THAT YOUR PRAYERS ARE IMPORTANT. AND AFTER ABOUT 4 HOURS OF NEGOTIATION, KEN WAS ABLE TO PERSUADE THE PEOPLE TO OPEN THE BLOCADE FOR A SHORT WHILE TO LET THE TRAFFIC THROUGH IN BOTH DIRECTIONS THEN THEY WERE GOING TO CLOSE IT AGAIN. KNOW THAT WE ARE HAVING A WONDERFUL TIME WITH THE BRETHREN HERE. WORDS CAN´T EXPRESS THE JOY IT HAS BEEN TO SEE THE ADVANCEMENT AND MATURITY OF THE PERUVIAN FRIENDS CHURCH. KEEP PRAYING.
ALICE

]]> Comment on Portland by Annette Collins http://nwfriends.org/governance/organization-of-areas/portland/comment-page-1/#comment-54953 Annette Collins Wed, 12 Oct 2011 23:55:33 +0000 http://nwfriends.org/?page_id=306#comment-54953 Is the list of officers for each area published somewhere? I would like to know the Portland area offices especially. Thank you! Is the list of officers for each area published somewhere? I would like to know the Portland area offices especially.

Thank you!

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