Stuart Masters

The image includes the text below, plus a picture of two copies of Quaker Faith & Practice (red books on a black background): Be honest with yourself. What unpalatable truths might you be evading? When you recognise your shortcomings, do not let that discourage you. In worship together we can find the assurance of God’s love and the strength to go on with renewed courage. Advices & Queries 11 (Britain Yearly Meeting)

Be honest with yourself. What unpalatable truths might you be evading? When you recognise your shortcomings, do not let that discourage you. In worship together we can find the assurance of God’s love and the strength to go on with renewed courage.

Advices & Queries 11 (Britain Yearly Meeting)

The image includes the quotation below on a light purple background with the "Daily Quaker Message" logo in the bottom right hand corner:Think how often injustice is related to inconsistency. Inconsistency has too often been the cradle of injustice and sociopathic behavior. So to speak of consistent compassion is to affirm the importance of a reliable and steady love for others, regardless of their station in life. Philip Gulley

Think how often injustice is related to inconsistency. Inconsistency has too often been the cradle of injustice and sociopathic behavior. So to speak of consistent compassion is to affirm the importance of a reliable and steady love for others, regardless of their station in life.

Philip Gulley

The image include the following Bible passage in white on a salmon background, with the "Daily Quaker Message" logo: That which is known about God is evident to them and made plain in their inner consciousness, because God has shown it to them. Romans 1:19 (AMPC)

That which is known about God is evident to them and made plain in their inner consciousness, because God has shown it to them.

Romans 1:19 (AMPC)

The image just shows the quotation below on a cream background. “Peace is not just about the absence of conflict; it’s also about the presence of justice. Martin Luther King Jr. even distinguished between “the devil’s peace” and God’s true peace. A counterfeit peace exists when people are pacified or distracted or so beat up and tired of fighting that all seems calm. But true peace does not exist until there is justice, restoration, forgiveness. Peacemaking doesn’t mean passivity. It is the act of interrupting injustice without mirroring injustice, the act of disarming evil without destroying the evildoer, the act of finding a third way that is neither fight nor flight but the careful, arduous pursuit of reconciliation and justice. It is about a revolution of love that is big enough to set both the oppressed and the oppressors free.” Shane Claiborne - Common Prayer: A Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals

Peace is not just about the absence of conflict; it’s also about the presence of justice.

Shane Claiborne - Common Prayer: A Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals

The image includes the quotation below, along with a drawing of Oscar Romero (an older white man with gray hair and glasses, wearing priests robes): Even when they call us mad, when they call us subversives and communists and all the epithets they put on us, we know we only preach the subversive witness of the Beatitudes, which has turned everything upside down... St. Oscar Romero

Even when they call us mad, when they call us subversives and communists and all the epithets they put on us, we know we only preach the subversive witness of the Beatitudes, which has turned everything upside down...

St. Oscar Romero

the image includes the quotation below and an image of an alleyway with a figure walking a dog. The poor tell us who we are. The prophets tell us who we can be. So we hide the poor and kill the prophets. Philip Berrigan

The poor tell us who we are. The prophets tell us who we can be. So we hide the poor and kill the prophets.

Philip Berrigan

The image has the following quotation in white against a red background: We pray for peace that isn't just the absence of gunfire but the presence of dignity, and for justice that doesn't wait for the next election cycle. Nadia Bolz-Weber

We pray for peace that isn't just the absence of gunfire but the presence of dignity, and for justice that doesn't wait for the next election cycle.

Nadia Bolz-Weber

The image includes the quotation below, along with a picture of Cornel West (an older African-American man in a dark jacket and tie, gesticulating): I'm never surprised by evil, never paralyzed by despair. I am a follower of Jesus. Cornel West

I'm never surprised by evil, never paralyzed by despair. I am a follower of Jesus.

Cornel West

The image includes the quotation below on a light brown background, with a further image of dry leaves behind that: Love is not a weak, spineless emotion; it is a powerful moral force on the side of justice. Bernice King

Love is not a weak, spineless emotion; it is a powerful moral force on the side of justice.

Bernice King

I suppose it depends on what one means by 'revival'. I think Brad is cautioning about the dangers of mass excitement when this does not result in Christ-like conduct.

The quotation below is set against a simple white background: A crowd doth not constitute a "revival." I suspect that revival - if there is such a thing - would look more like the recovery of self-giving love than an exuberant crowd. Bradley Jersak

A crowd doth not constitute a "revival."

I suspect that revival - if there is such a thing - would look more like the recovery of self-giving love than an exuberant crowd.

Bradley Jersak

The image includes the following quotation with a black and white photo background showing a child living in poor circumstances): The creator of the heavens obeys the carpenter; the God of eternal glory listens to a poor virgin. Has anyone ever witnessed anything comparable to this? Let the philosopher no longer disdain from listening to the simple, the educated, to the illiterate, a child of a prince, to a peasant. Anthony of Padua

The creator of the heavens obeys the carpenter; the God of eternal glory listens to a poor virgin. Has anyone ever witnessed anything comparable to this? Let the philosopher no longer disdain from listening to the simple, the educated, to the illiterate, a child of a prince, to a peasant.

The image includes the quotation below along with a picture of Daniel Berrigan, an older white man in gray shirt and trousers with dog collar, being handcuffed by police: Know where you stand, and stand there. Fr. Daniel J Berrigan, S. J.

Know where you stand, and stand there.

Fr. Daniel J Berrigan, S. J.

The quotation below is set in white on a black background with a small green shoot in the bottom right corner: Here's a modest proposal - and modesty is absolutely key: Be and become who and what you want humanity to be and look like, one seedling at a time. Bradley Jersak

Here's a modest proposal - and modesty is absolutely key: Be and become who and what you want humanity to be and look like, one seedling at a time.

Bradley Jersak

The image includes the quotation below on a black and white picture of people walking along a city street): The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult and left untried. G. K. Chesterton

The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult and left untried.

G. K. Chesterton

The image includes the quotation below along with a picture of Menno Simons (an older white man with a long white beard): The regenerated do not go to war, nor engage in strife. They are children of peace who have beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning forks, and know no war. Menno Simons

The regenerated do not go to war, nor engage in strife. They are children of peace who have beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning forks, and know no war.

Menno Simons

The image has the following quotation in white on a black background: Christian nationalism is impoverished as it seeks a kingdom without a cross. It pursues a victory without mercy. It acclaims God's love of power rather than the power of God's love. We must remember that Jesus refuses those who wanted to make him king by force just as much as he refused to become king by calling upon twelve legions of angels. N. T. Wright

Christian nationalism is impoverished as it seeks a kingdom without a cross. It pursues a victory without mercy. It acclaims God's love of power rather than the power of God's love.

N. T. Wright

The image includes the quotation below, along with a picture of Clement of Alexandria (an older man with a long brown beard): The Christian, like God, must love all men, not only the friends but also the enemies, not only the faithful but also the unbelieving. For all are God's creation, and to despise any is to despise the creator. St. Clement of Alexandria

The Christian, like God, must love all men, not only the friends but also the enemies, not only the faithful but also the unbelieving. For all are God's creation, and to despise any is to despise the creator.

St. Clement of Alexandria

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The quotation below is printed on a light blue/gray background, along with the 'Daily Quaker Message' logo: Inner silence, calming the agitations of our hearts and minds...is essentially an expression of the love of truth. To be dispassionate, not to let one's own needs or prejudices or emotions color one's actions, is essentially to put truth before everything else. Dan Seeger

Inner silence, calming the agitations of our hearts and minds...is essentially an expression of the love of truth. To be dispassionate, not to let one's own needs or prejudices or emotions color one's actions, is essentially to put truth before everything else.

Dan Seeger

Thanks! 😜 It's a pity Blue-sky doesn't enable posts to be edited.

The image includes a Madonna and child picture, along with the following quotation: "The might will be cast from their thrones, and the lowly will be lifted up. The hungry will be filled with good things, and the rich will be sent away empty." That's not Karl Marx. That's the Gospel of Luke. Shane Claiborne

"The might will be cast from their thrones, and the lowly will be lifted up. The hungry will be filled with good things, and the rich will be sent away empty."

That's not Karl Marx. That's the Gospel of Luke.

Shane Claiborne

Wealth is attended with power, by which bargains and proceedings, contrary to universal righteousness, are supported; and hence oppression, carried on with worldly policy and order, clothes itself with the name of justice and becomes like a seed of discord in the soul. John Woolman (1720-1772)

Wealth is attended with power, by which bargains and proceedings, contrary to universal righteousness, are supported; and hence oppression, carried on with worldly policy and order, clothes itself with the name of justice and becomes like a seed of discord in the soul.

John Woolman (1720-1772)

The image includes the following quotation along with a picture of Andrew Klager (a younger white man with brown hair and beard): The Narrow Way is the wide embrace. What makes it narrow is that few choose it because it is so wide. We prefer the broad way of exclusivism. Andrew Klager

The Narrow Way is the wide embrace.

What makes it narrow is that few choose it because it is so wide. We prefer the broad way of exclusivism.

Andrew Klager

The image includes the quotation below on a black background: Some folks want a Christianity that saves their souls but leaves their power untouched. But Jesus didn't die to protect your social advantages, he came to deliver us from all powers and usher in a new age. Drew G. I. Hart

Some folks want a Christianity that saves their souls but leaves their power untouched. But Jesus didn't die to protect your social advantages, he came to deliver us from all powers and usher in a new age.

Drew G. I. Hart

Merciful and compassionate God, we give thanks for the good things we enjoy. We pray for people travelling to this country in small boats; those with young children, those who are alone, those fleeing persecution, and those seeking to build a better life. We pray for people housed in asylum hotels, and for those outside who feel unheard and disenfranchised. We pray for peace, an end to fear, and an end to divisive rhetoric. Help us have the courage to offer love and care to all who need our help. Give our government wisdom and imagination to find ways to bring an end to dangerous boat crossings and develop fair and efficient systems for processing asylum claims. Lead and guide us through these challenging times towards your hopeful future. We ask this in the name of Jesus Christ, your Son, our Lord. Amen.

A prayer from the Diocese of Birmingham.

The image includes the Quaker 'Q' logo on a blue background along with the following text: Are you alert to practices here and throughout the world which discriminate against people on the basis of who or what they are or because of their beliefs? Bear witness to the humanity of all people, including those who break society’s conventions or its laws. Try to discern new growing points in social and economic life. Seek to understand the causes of injustice, social unrest and fear. Are you working to bring about a just and compassionate society which allows everyone to develop their capacities and fosters the desire to serve? Advices and Queries 33 – Britain Yearly Meeting

Are you alert to practices here and throughout the world which discriminate against people on the basis of who or what they are or because of their beliefs? Bear witness to the humanity of all people...

Advices and Queries 33 – Britain Yearly Meeting

War (1976) - Bob Marley & The Wailers YouTube video by Bob Marley

“Until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned, everywhere is war.”

Haile Selassie

The image includes the quotation below, along with a black and white picture of Howard Thurman (an older African American man in a jacket, suit and tie): As the sea gull lays in the wind current, so I lay myself into the spirit of God. Howard Thurman

As the sea gull lays in the wind current, so I lay myself into the spirit of God.

Howard Thurman

The image is a photograph from Germany in the 1930s, where a large number of Nazi flags cover both the buildings and poles in the street.

"Raising the flags" in 1930s Berlin. A warning.