tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13642801.post113779150773124676..comments2024-01-07T09:34:44.086-05:00Comments on What Canst Thou Say?: A belated report from Martin Luther King, Jr. weekendRobin M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10336915224193704866noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13642801.post-1138809142730456212006-02-01T10:52:00.000-05:002006-02-01T10:52:00.000-05:00Okay, I realize I probably owe anybody reading thi...Okay, I realize I probably owe anybody reading this the news that I did go last Friday, it was good for me and good for the vigil, and I have much more to say about it, but not enough time to write it out well yet. Maybe next week.Robin M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10336915224193704866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13642801.post-1138254084834298892006-01-26T00:41:00.000-05:002006-01-26T00:41:00.000-05:00Rebecca, it was hard for me too in several ways. A...Rebecca, it was hard for me too in several ways. At least I had a personal interest in the Sunnydale vigil.<BR/><BR/>The panel was fine, as a panel. Nice people with interesting stories. But I'm not sure how much it helped most people to see what they could do in their lives. Okay, I found a new opening. Maybe there are others too. But did any of us speak about that in the closing session when adults were asked to tell the children what they learned or how they changed during the session? No. There were a lot of platitudes and really learning lite, the stuff that people think children should hear, but not the stuff that really matters to them. How do we get real, honest, open with each other? Is that possible in Quarterly Meeting? I think it could be, but how do we break through the veneer?<BR/><BR/>My worship sharing was very typical of most Quakers' attitude toward peacemaking I think. Admiring the big, important stuff, but not so much really ready to do anything different than what they've been doing for twenty-forty years. Which, granted, is more than most of the citizens around them have been doing. But where are they still growing? How are they still being transformed by their experience in Meeting? That's what I want to know.<BR/><BR/>OK. Taking a deep breath now. Today has been my most pessimistic day in a long time. Some might say realistic, but it feels a lot like cranky. <BR/><BR/>One of the cheesier songs by the Dixie Chicks is called More Love, but tonight it speaks to me: "More love, I know that's all we need, more love, to flow in between us, to take us and hold us and lift us above. If there's ever an answer, it's more love."Robin M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10336915224193704866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13642801.post-1138242475313599392006-01-25T21:27:00.000-05:002006-01-25T21:27:00.000-05:00robinit is good to hear another view of what was s...robin<BR/><BR/>it is good to hear another view of what was said during the panel. i was having a little bit of a problem of not being settled so decerning what it ment for me was hard. <BR/><BR/>i am glad to hear that you are taking the next step as Elizabeth would say. i will hold you in the light as i staff the Gandhi agian workshop.<BR/><BR/>blessings<BR/>rebeccaRebecca Sullivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00607546429073118462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13642801.post-1138230444203532572006-01-25T18:07:00.000-05:002006-01-25T18:07:00.000-05:00Glad to hear you will have support in more ways th...Glad to hear you will have support in more ways than one! <BR/><BR/>Blessings,<BR/>Liz, <A HREF="http://thegoodraisedup.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow">The Good Raised Up</A>Liz Opphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09802348848085930901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13642801.post-1138215936546988772006-01-25T14:05:00.000-05:002006-01-25T14:05:00.000-05:00Actually, I'm already planning to go with the memb...Actually, I'm already planning to go with the member of the AFSC staff who first told me about the vigil, some years ago, who went regularly for a while, but hasn't lately - so it's good for her too. <BR/><BR/>I told another friend from the school about this, and she expressed her support but it conflicts with her shabbat observance, so she can't go with me (at least not until it starts getting dark later...) but will also be willing to process the experience with me afterwards. <BR/><BR/>However, even if no one was available to go with me, I think I would go anyway. I will also call the organizer, who I used to work with in Sunnydale almost ten years ago, to let her know I'm coming. There are several levels on which I think this is important.Robin M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10336915224193704866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13642801.post-1138210462791682302006-01-25T12:34:00.000-05:002006-01-25T12:34:00.000-05:00Robin,Thanks for sharing these leadings and nudges...Robin,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for sharing these leadings and nudges with us. It sounds like you are doing some important discernment around your participation in the children's program committee for the Quarter.<BR/><BR/>As for the vigil, you write:<BR/><BR/><I>It's worth thinking about. But the first step is for me to go this Friday night. Please hold me and all the folks who live in Sunnydale in the Light.</I><BR/><BR/>I would question you about what your "first step" really is. Is God asking you to go alone, or is that a decision you've made on the spot? Might there be a seasoned Friend to accompany you, if you sought their support? <BR/><BR/>What if by inviting another to attend the vigil with you, you are offering an Opportunity for another Friend to step into her or his Light as well?<BR/><BR/>I hope I am making sense. ...Perhaps, in fact, you have already gone through these questions and are being led to go on your own. <BR/><BR/>Thanks for sharing this part of your journey with us. I look forward to reading more about your experience in a few days!<BR/><BR/>Blessings,<BR/>Liz, <A HREF="http://thegoodraisedup.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow">The Good Raised Up</A>Liz Opphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09802348848085930901noreply@blogger.com