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Woe to Those Who Are at Ease in Zion

When you read the prophet Amos, you can understand why oligarchs fear class struggle. Ron Hogan

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Fools Say in Their Hearts, “There Is No God”

Society drifts further and further from the covenant; people become “all alike perverse.” Ron Hogan

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O That My People Would Listen to Me

Quakers hold meetings for business not to decide what we want, but to listen for Spirit’s calling. Ron Hogan

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You Shall Go to All to Whom I Send You

We like to think that if Spirit came to us with a calling, we could drop everything to follow where… Ron Hogan

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Mortals Cannot Abide in Their Pomp

As the Common English Bible puts it, “people won’t live any longer because of wealth.” Though Lord knows they try. Ron Hogan

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I Still Have Many Things to Say to You

Do our souls remain ready to receive everything the Spirit of truth, whatever its source, still has to tell us? Ron Hogan

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If These Were Silent, The Stones Would Shout Out

The crowds thrilled to see Jesus—but their excitement was born of their keenly felt desire for a liberator. Ron Hogan

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Who Am I That I Should Go to Pharaoh?

Moses didn’t much like his chances when God told him to take on Pharaoh and the Egyptian kingdom. Ron Hogan

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Get Away from Here, for Herod Wants to Kill You

Herod saw in Jesus a challenge to the power he had secured for himself by collaborating with the Roman Empire. Ron Hogan

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You Did Not Choose Me, But I Chose You

James Nayler “did exceedingly rejoice” when God spoke to him—and yet he still wavered, despite God's promise. Ron Hogan

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Are You Able to Drink the Cup That I Drink?

Jesus wouldn’t cut James and John any deals, and Quakers don’t have any short cuts, either. Ron Hogan

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As for Me, I Walk in My Integrity

James Nayler's provocative re-enactment of Palm Sunday, and his scapegoating by Puritans and Quakers alike. Ron Hogan