tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355594093712358164.post4564876314207672629..comments2023-11-03T07:13:46.355-05:00Comments on The Ear of the Soul: Building Walls and Drawing LinesMark Wutkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01735952904584567390noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355594093712358164.post-79673065348388935822006-09-02T21:07:00.000-05:002006-09-02T21:07:00.000-05:00Dear dear dear dear Mark:I hope thee does not see ...Dear dear dear dear Mark:<br>I hope thee does not see this as giving thee the finger. I am at a loss sometimes, as Friends say one needs to put Christ at the center of the Society of Friends or leave, and Friends HAVE said that, that for some, that is giving more than the finger, it is giving the back of the hand!<br>It is often put in terms of joining, by folks who have joined the society of Friends, as though they joined in order to define for others what is or is not a Friend, and those who are raised in a living Quaker tradition don't understand our faith that they joined. <br>Now, in this, I am only pointing out that they are convinced in latter life, as they put it in terms of don't join if... and some of us are rather dyed in the wool!<br><br>Dearly thine<br>and in the light<br>lorLorcanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08489971193168926258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355594093712358164.post-47807206494448711912006-08-01T11:56:00.000-05:002006-08-01T11:56:00.000-05:00I too like the metaphor. Lines however can also se...I too like the metaphor. Lines however can also set up barriers. A solid line suggests impassability: A double solid line definately, a perforated <br>line beside a solid line, depends on which side is the solid line to permit passing. A closed solid line in a circle suggests a closed organization or committee.The perforated line does connote permiability, and more flexibility in relating to views that are different from my own, and we can move in and out and around in true dialogue and learn from each other and by doing so build unity in community with diversity allowed.Hackmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355594093712358164.post-63591098219905578112006-07-22T19:56:00.000-05:002006-07-22T19:56:00.000-05:00Mark, this is a GREAT metaphor.I may prefer certai...Mark, this is a GREAT metaphor.<br><br>I may prefer certain language and practices; my Friend prefers other language and practices. But we are all moving in the same general direction. What matters is to keep moving on, to keep deepening, deepening in our own particular disciplines, practices...kwickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07021955768167052421noreply@blogger.com