tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13642801.post3992015084942531974..comments2024-01-07T09:34:44.086-05:00Comments on What Canst Thou Say?: Cups of Tea and Hammer-strokesRobin M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10336915224193704866noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13642801.post-20369555522964758462013-11-20T09:12:39.266-05:002013-11-20T09:12:39.266-05:00Thank you for this. I'm just coming out of an...Thank you for this. I'm just coming out of an "exciting" time of travel and such that left me drained, and being called to remember that it's often not what we do - but how we do it - in God's example of Love. My local meeting holds many lessons right now - as does my daughter's welcoming attitude towards worship in "small" and deep ways. KathleenKathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05057008232376370386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13642801.post-55450708144702590592013-11-20T08:40:16.642-05:002013-11-20T08:40:16.642-05:00Hi Krista! So glad to hear from you. And I'm g...Hi Krista! So glad to hear from you. And I'm glad to hear you're serving on the Quaker Life committee at SFFS now. That sounds like a great match.<br /><br />Sometimes when we have to articulate why we do something, we discover afresh how much it matters to us.Robin M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10336915224193704866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13642801.post-61397249364457700282013-11-20T00:38:01.269-05:002013-11-20T00:38:01.269-05:00I appreciate these images of the bonds of marriage...I appreciate these images of the bonds of marriage and of membership in a meeting. "Doing" is definitely part of the loving. This year my meeting asked me to serve as its representative on the Quaker Life Committee of the nearby Friends School. Once each semester, a special invitation goes out to families in the school to join us for worship on a particular First Day. Challenged by the committee not just to make a simple announcement, but to offer reasons to come to worship, I realized that many meeting members had recently provided answers in the form of written responses to the query "What role does meeting for worship play for you and your family during the week?" I selected a few of them in order to offer an invitation in a chorus of voices from the monthly meeting to the school families. This "doing" helps weld me to both communities.Krista Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04421893058981434719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13642801.post-38760953023138742242013-11-19T10:12:42.022-05:002013-11-19T10:12:42.022-05:00Thank you, Lucy. It is amazing to me how much I le...Thank you, Lucy. It is amazing to me how much I learned in my six weeks of working in a blacksmith's forge, despite the terror that held for me at the time. Being afraid <b><i>is</i></b> exhausting, in part because you have to be really awake the whole time.Robin M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10336915224193704866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13642801.post-32014952195715126972013-11-19T09:08:32.240-05:002013-11-19T09:08:32.240-05:00Robin,
I love seeing this written down and havin...Robin, <br /><br />I love seeing this written down and having heard you say it, too. Wonderful insight, marriage and meeting community are both all about facing ourselves and being formed in the crucible of community.<br /><br />Blessings, LucyUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11282160836277702913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13642801.post-10504623890697849912013-11-18T09:44:06.715-05:002013-11-18T09:44:06.715-05:00Jonathan, you are welcome.
As anyone who has wor...Jonathan, you are welcome. <br /><br />As anyone who has worked metal knows, a lot of the hammer-strokes in life or in metalsmithing are little tap-tap-taps that do as much to shape a piece as the infrequent and higher risk resounding blows. Robin M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10336915224193704866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13642801.post-69644007997702577362013-11-18T09:32:49.281-05:002013-11-18T09:32:49.281-05:00as iron dinged and bent, not yet shaped, thank you...as iron dinged and bent, not yet shaped, thank you.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06670874920672266108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13642801.post-79346784187594534992013-11-17T17:32:45.351-05:002013-11-17T17:32:45.351-05:00Thanks, Anthony for the comment and the connection...Thanks, Anthony for the comment and the connection. I like that saying.Robin M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10336915224193704866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13642801.post-68856830178587584042013-11-17T09:37:52.453-05:002013-11-17T09:37:52.453-05:00Thanks for the post, Robin. I have a saying my ch...Thanks for the post, Robin. I have a saying my children get to hear from time to time, which is "the loving is in the doing". Around the house, washing the dishes, cleaning a bathroom, etc... counts in the "doing" and the showing of love. Same is true for life in a Meeting. Thanks for connecting the two.<br /><br />- Anthonybadigiovannihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14310228911446253535noreply@blogger.com