tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15744935.post112489479317460635..comments2023-09-12T13:43:10.386+00:00Comments on Stumbling blocks to stepping stones: First stepsGil Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09333053235167826429noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15744935.post-1125030132012190642005-08-26T04:22:00.000+00:002005-08-26T04:22:00.000+00:00A quick note to chime in and say Welcome to the Qu...A quick note to chime in and say Welcome to the Quaker Blogosphere. There's lots to read and lots to write, so take your time...<BR/><BR/>Blessings,<BR/>Liz, <A HREF="http://thegoodraisedup.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow">The Good Raised Up</A>Liz Opphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09802348848085930901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15744935.post-1124978875085384682005-08-25T14:07:00.000+00:002005-08-25T14:07:00.000+00:00Thanks for the encouragement Martin and for the st...Thanks for the encouragement Martin and for the stumbling blocks poem. I don't think it is what I am looking for as I definitely remember a repeated refrain but it's great anyway and I shall add it to my commonplace book [handwritten!]<BR/><BR/>Yes I had noticed that you had a post on Brinton's journals although I haven't yet read it in detail. Much of my spiritual autobiography work has been directed towards trying to get people now to continue the tradition - with limited effect, at least in the UK! But I think that there are great modern journals - Arthur O Roberts <I>Drawn by the Light</I> for example, Jo Farrow's <I>The World in My Heart</I> and Emilia Fogelklou's writings.<BR/><BR/>Thanks to David too. It's great to get positive feedback and I will continue to read what you have to say.Gil Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09333053235167826429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15744935.post-1124902937960681882005-08-24T17:02:00.000+00:002005-08-24T17:02:00.000+00:00Hi Gil,Very cool. It's humbling indeed to be liste...Hi Gil,<BR/>Very cool. It's humbling indeed to be listed as an inspiration, as the example of your years of publishing to be quite inspirational. It's nice to know another Friend straddling the line between print and electrons. <BR/><BR/>I don't know if you noticed that I <I>just</I> <A HREF="http://www.nonviolence.org/martink/howard_brinton_quaker_journals.php" REL="nofollow">put up a post on my blog</A> about reading the old Quaker journals (inspired by Howard Brinton's book of that name). One of the questions left hanging is whether the era of journals is over. Why do we not have any great modern journals? (Why don't we have one from Brinton himself?).<BR/><BR/>When you presented at QUIP this April, you mentioned the mystery "Stepping Stones" hymn then and I did my darndest to try to find it, to no avail. I just tried again and found this listed on a few sites. They all say "Source Unknown." I'm not even sure if it's a hymn but it sounds like it could be. Does this sound like familiar text?<BR/><BR/>Stumbling Blocks or Stepping Stones<BR/><BR/>Does God ever use black angels<BR/>To carry out His plan<BR/>Does He reverse old Satan’s tactic<BR/>To change the lives of men.<BR/><BR/>I think He takes the happenings<BR/>Of life—amid our moans<BR/>And makes to us each thing we meet<BR/>Stumbling blocks or stepping stones.<BR/><BR/>I think He takes each pathway blockage<BR/>To test our mettle: be it foul or fair<BR/>And urges us to fight a good fight<BR/>And not as one who beat the air.<BR/><BR/>So if something happens to deter us<BR/>Let’s not fall down and groan<BR/>Let’s say - Lord with your help I will go on<BR/>And make of this—a stepping stone.Martin Kelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06999620933648327663noreply@blogger.com