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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?
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Look to the Light: A Quaker.org column Uncategorized

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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I Saw No Temple in the City

Quakers require no “steeple-house,” as George Fox would call it, to show their love for God and their neighbors. Ron Hogan
Look to the Light: A Quaker.org column Uncategorized

See, the Home of God Is Among Mortals

Like John the Revelator, George Fox realized Spirit has already come to guide us to the kingdom of the heavens. Ron Hogan
Look to the Light: A Quaker.org column Uncategorized

They Who Have Come Out of the Great Ordeal

God gave George Fox a message, and a mission. Ron Hogan
Look to the Light: A Quaker.org column Uncategorized

Then the Lord God Will Wipe Away the Tears from All Faces

Will we accept our invitation to the banquet in Zion? Ron Hogan
Look to the Light: A Quaker.org column Uncategorized

For I Did Not Receive It From a Human Source

As I read about the revelations that changed George Fox’s life, I could see how his experiences echoed Paul’s. 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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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
Look to the Light: A Quaker.org column Uncategorized

The Word of God Is Living and Active

Do we believe in continued revelation as intensely as Friends did in the time of George Fox and James Nayler? Ron Hogan
Look to the Light: A Quaker.org column Uncategorized

I Sought the Lord, and He Answered Me

I’ve taken inspiration from the pattern and example Mary established with her faithfulness, especially her willingness to “magnify the Lord." Ron Hogan
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Let Me Hear What God the Lord Will Speak

While today’s secular culture professes respect for religious faith, it often treats the idea of continued revelation as a joke. Ron Hogan

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