tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2190039892499464814.post7363741022549952316..comments2023-09-09T17:19:45.960-04:00Comments on The Vergers Voice: Tales from the Slype, Part 2: It Is In Giving That We ReceiveEileen Brightwell Hickshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13852295650990892810noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2190039892499464814.post-25084594194264472012017-07-16T13:44:56.336-04:002017-07-16T13:44:56.336-04:00What an inspiring story 😀!What an inspiring story 😀!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05672236611178855605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2190039892499464814.post-43896417657635970992017-07-16T13:43:25.034-04:002017-07-16T13:43:25.034-04:00What an inspiring story ��...What an inspiring story ��...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05672236611178855605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2190039892499464814.post-60266329279117827252017-07-14T18:44:56.280-04:002017-07-14T18:44:56.280-04:00In Jan de Hartog's epic novel, "The Peace...In Jan de Hartog's epic novel, "The Peaceable Kingdom," set in mid-17th Century England, George Fox, an itinerant, young preacher espousing the basic tenets that will eventually become The Society of Friends (Quakers) tells Margaret Fell, a woman of position and wealth, to "Stop crying for proof of God's love. Prove it thyself!?" In response, Margaret, who is destined to become Fox's co-founder, determines to move into Lancaster Castle, the worst prison in all England to somehow save children are imprisoned there and sentenced to be hanged as entertainment! Margaret's husband, a magistrate in England's highest court, pleads with his wife to abandon this foolish plan as hopeless and dangerous. He asks her "What do you expect to accomplish?" She replies, "I don't know! I don't know! The moment your conscience tells you something is wrong, that is the time to stop it!" As I read Mr. Deutsch's account of finding himself facing the Christian commitment to serve the hungry, the thirsty and so on. Margaret Fell rose in my mind reminding me that we as vergers are also called to prove the Love of God ourselves. The stick we carry is surely an emblem of service to clear away the obstacles to that Love. <br />Thank you David for sharing that remarkable and beautiful moment when Jesus, dreadlocks and all, hugged you so close.<br /><br />--Jerry Lowe, head verger, Christ Church Cathedral, CincinnatiAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14738895273636690094noreply@blogger.com