Quakers Becoming Quakers

2 Timothy 1:1-17

2 Timothy 1:1-7

1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, for the sake of the promise of life that is in Christ Jesus,

2 To Timothy, my beloved child:

Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

3 I am grateful to God—whom I worship with a clear conscience, as my ancestors did—when I remember you constantly in my prayers night and day. 4 Recalling your tears, I long to see you so that I may be filled with joy. 5 I am reminded of your sincere faith, a faith that lived first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice and now, I am sure, lives in you. 6 For this reason I remind you to rekindle the gift of God that is within you through the laying on of my hands, 7 for God did not give us a spirit of cowardice but rather a spirit of power and of love and of self-discipline.

Queries:

What connections are you making between Paul’s language–sincere faith, power, self-discipline, love, kindling the gift of God within you–and your own spirituality or Quaker spirituality in general?

To what needs might Quakers be well-equipped to respond? How does Quaker spirituality equip us? How would we go about responding to those needs? How are we already responding?

Who ought we to be becoming? How would we go about becoming that? What practices could help us or are already helping us become that?

What is “Quakerism come alive?”