Written by Paul Buckley Comments by John Cowan Paul Buckley’s grasp of Quakerism is broad. His presentation is clear and concise. No pages go to…
Month: November 2021
By John Cowan Do you know that Einstein realized the truth of the theory of relativity before he proved it? Realization came first. Math came…
January 7 2019 Dear friend, Did I drive you out of the meeting? You used to come for a few months pretty regularly to the…
By John Cowan In the midst of an ugly illness a friend of mine, a thinking man, found himself with nothing going on in his…
By John Cowan Sentimentality, excessive and spurious emotion. It has always seemed to me that love is a response and to affirm the existence of…
Christianity not as a Mystic Religion but as a New Theory of Life Author: Leo Tolstoy Extensive Commentary: John Cowan This is the real Tolstoy,…
James Nayler and the Puritan Crackdown on the Free Spirit Author: Leo Demrosch Reviewer: John Cowan (2021 updated version of review + consequences for us)…
By John Cowan How many lives have you been allowed to live? One? If so, too bad, so sad. I have been allowed to live…
By John Cowan 3/13/15 Why are Quakers important? I have long been convinced that the human race is destined for even greater times and the…
By John Cowan Quakers do lots of things during Worship. We daydream, sleep, plan, worry. After all it is an hour of silence broken only…