Rufus Jones...

[blue_leaf]

...writing about God from the point of view and teachings of George Fox who founded the Quakers (Religious Society of Friends) :

"He (God) needs no vicar, no person of any sort between Himself and the worshipper. Grace no more needs a special channel than the dew does. There is no special holy place, as though God were more there than here. He does

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[sapphirescarlet]

I love this. I am now wanting to experience a Quaker service. I wonder if there are any in my area....

[blue_leaf]

You could look in for meetings in your area here:
http://www.quakerfinder.org/

[sapphirescarlet]

Excellent! Thanks.

[blue_leaf]

Please let me know if you do go and what your experience was like :0)

[anita_margarita]

I love this. Though I enjoy a certain amount of pagentry and ritual, I believe what has been written here to be true and more valuable than the scheduled services that people have created and cling to like limpets.

[blue_leaf]

I love it too, such simplicity. People try to make things so complicated and I believe that most organized and hierarchical religious authority is more about control than spirituality.