{"id":2371,"date":"2018-12-26T15:20:45","date_gmt":"2018-12-26T20:20:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.durhamfriendsmeeting.org\/?p=2371"},"modified":"2019-01-04T10:12:05","modified_gmt":"2019-01-04T15:12:05","slug":"where-are-we-being-led-theme-for-january-through-march-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.durhamfriendsmeeting.org\/?p=2371","title":{"rendered":"Where Are We Being Led: Theme for January through March, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/K9D-RQ7Xr5Q?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>For January-February-March 2019 the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.durhamfriendsmeeting.org\/?p=2369\">theme<\/a> Ministry and Counsel proposes is \u201cwhere are we being led?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One of the Advices (number 9) from NEYM tells us<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAttend to the Spirit at work in the ordinary activities and experiences of your daily life. There is inspiration to be found all around us, in the natural world, in the sciences and arts, in our work and friendships, in our sorrows as well as in our joys. Be open to and alert for how the Spirit may be speaking to you in fresh ways, leading you in new directions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To what should we be \u201copen and alert?\u201d What are the new directions that the Spirit may be leading you, or leading us?<\/p>\n<p>You may find useful the opening paragraph of Paul Lacey\u2019s Pendle Hill Pamphlet <a href=\"http:\/\/goodnewsassoc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Lacy-PHP-264.pdf\"><em>Leading and Being Led<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLeading and being led: the words are simple enough. But for Quakers they have the most profound resonance as defining religious experience. Friends speak variously of being <em>drawn<\/em> to an action, feeling <em>under the weight<\/em> of a concern, being <em>called<\/em> or <em>led<\/em> in act in specific ways. We speak of <em>being open to the leadings of the Light<\/em>, of being <em>taught<\/em> by the <em>Spirit<\/em> or the <em>Inward Christ<\/em>. Extraordinary claims lie embedded in these phrases. They say it is not only possible but essential to our nature for human beings to hear and obey the voice of God; we can be directed, daily, in what we do, the jobs we hold, the very words we say; and that our obedience may draw us to become leaders in all spheres of human life \u2013 in the professions, arts and sciences, but also in discovering the ethical, political, social and economic consequences of following the will of God.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So, again, where are we being led?<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For January-February-March 2019 the theme Ministry and Counsel proposes is \u201cwhere are we being led?\u201d One of the Advices (number 9) from NEYM tells us \u201cAttend to the Spirit at work in the ordinary activities and experiences of your daily &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.durhamfriendsmeeting.org\/?p=2371\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":213,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sfsi_plus_gutenberg_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_show_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_type":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_alignemt":"","sfsi_plus_gutenburg_max_per_row":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[11],"tags":[110,111],"class_list":["post-2371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-report","tag-leading","tag-paul-lacey"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9rLvf-Cf","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.durhamfriendsmeeting.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.durhamfriendsmeeting.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.durhamfriendsmeeting.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.durhamfriendsmeeting.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/213"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.durhamfriendsmeeting.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2371"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.durhamfriendsmeeting.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2371\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2409,"href":"https:\/\/www.durhamfriendsmeeting.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2371\/revisions\/2409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.durhamfriendsmeeting.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.durhamfriendsmeeting.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.durhamfriendsmeeting.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}