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  • What Do Quakers Believe?
    • Do Quakers believe in God?
    • Are Quakers Christian?
    • Do Quakers believe in Heaven?
    • Can I be a Quaker and still follow my earlier religious traditions?
    • Do Quakers celebrate Christmas and Easter?
    • What do Quakers mean by the “Inner Light”?
  • How Do Quakers Worship?
    • Will I be welcome at a Quaker meeting?
    • How can I become a Quaker?
    • What is a Quaker meeting for business?
  • How Do Quakers Live?
    • Are Quakers LGBTQ+ affirming?
    • How do Quakers practice simplicity?
    • Why are Quakers pacifists?
    • What do Quakers mean by integrity?
    • How do Quakers live in community?
    • How do Quakers practice equality and equity?
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Look to the Light: A Quaker.org column Uncategorized

…And They Received the Holy Spirit

We want what the earliest Christians experienced in giving themselves over completely to God. Ron Hogan
Look to the Light: A Quaker.org column Uncategorized

He Came As a Witness to Testify to the Light

Are Friends today ready to risk our livelihoods, our social standing, perhaps even our freedom to uphold our Quaker testimonies? Ron Hogan
Look to the Light: A Quaker.org column Uncategorized

A People Who Are Zealous for Good Deeds

When you look around your meetinghouse, do you see a people zealous for good deeds?  Ron Hogan
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There Is Still a Vision for the Appointed Time

God’s advice to Habakkuk applies to us as well: “It will surely come; it will not delay.” Ron Hogan
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Let Your Gentleness Be Known to Everyone

The beloved community must extend beyond the meetinghouse if we want it to truly prosper. Ron Hogan
Look to the Light: A Quaker.org column Uncategorized

Guide Our Feet into the Way of Peace

I know I don’t always live up to the peace testimony, though I wish I could. Ron Hogan
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The Word Is Very Near to You

Revelation may not impose God’s will upon us so much as it draws out the potential already within us. Ron Hogan
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An Everlasting Dominion That Shall Not Pass Away

God calls us to pray for our oppressors, not to obey them, nor to collaborate with them. Ron Hogan
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The Lord Is My Chosen Portion and My Cup

I believe that the next four years will put the testimony of every Quaker to the test—not once or twice,… Ron Hogan
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Do Not Put Your Trust in Princes

From the days of George Fox, Quakers have believed in the immanence of the Kingdom of God. Ron Hogan
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You Are Not Far From the Kingdom of God

The Torah calls on people to recognize and choose good, to become full participants in the covenant with God. Ron Hogan
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Take Heart; Get Up, He Is Calling You

The one who can speak to our condition hears our cries for help, sometimes before we even realize we’re crying… Ron Hogan
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