- Hope - looks first for good rather than for evil in all things.
- Equality -regards all persons as equal and erases the separation between men and women, clergy and laity, etc.
- Mystery - speaks to the mystical awe of God that arises from understanding the limitations of human knowledge. Much of the Christian subculture is bureaucratic, programmatic, and political.
- Environment -encourages earth-keeping as a way to honor God in stewardship of His Creation.
- Holism - refuses to separate life into the spiritual and material, the heart and head, the sacred days and workdays, etc. (instead has an awareness of the sacred in all times and places). Most Christians tend to compartmentalize life.
- Immanence -teaches that God is present with His creation.
- Simplicity - lacks the emphasis on complicated rationalistic doctrine found in most of Western Christianity.
This list comes from http://prayerfoundation.org/celtic_pages_index.htm
More at http://stringofbedes.blogspot.com/2010/10/creation-centred-spirituality.html
More at http://stringofbedes.blogspot.com/2010/10/creation-centred-spirituality.html
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this friend speaks my mind! thanks for the post.
ReplyDeleteI have been thinking along these same lines and I just googled "celtic quaker". A link to your page came right up. Thanks, Friend!
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