{"id":1657,"date":"2024-06-12T14:59:54","date_gmt":"2024-06-12T19:59:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shareletter.milwaukeequakers.org\/?p=1657"},"modified":"2024-06-12T14:59:54","modified_gmt":"2024-06-12T19:59:54","slug":"quaker-beatitudes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shareletter.milwaukeequakers.org\/?p=1657","title":{"rendered":"Quaker Beatitudes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Submitted by Jane Nickodem<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">Blessed are the Quakers who are the mystics, the <br>\tscientists, educators, the cooks, the window washers, <br>\tthe holders, the healers, the privileged,<br>        for together we can build.<br><br>Blessed are the truth sayers, the contrary ones, the poets, <br>\tthe seekers, the doubters, the believers, <br>        for together they can shake the foundations.<br><br>Blessed are those in community, <br>         for they are not alone.<br><br>Blessed are those who reach under the fence, over the wall, <br>\tacross the divide,<br>         for they will show us the way.<br><br>Blessed are the risk-takers, who step out of comfort,<br>        for they shall explore new lands.<br><br>Blessed are those who stay in for the long haul, those who <br>\tturn the other cheek and don\u2019t turn back,<br>        for they shall be trusted.<br><br>Blessed are those who listen to the stories of our elders,<br>        for they will be respected.<br><br>Blessed are those who remember the ones who went<br>\tbefore us in the struggle,<br>        for they are well grounded and will keep us real.<br><br>Blessed are the poor in spirit,<br>        for they shall find joy.<br><br>Blessed are the humble listeners,<br>Blessed are those who live their faith as witnesses,<br>Blessed are those who take the words of Jesus seriously.<br>Blessed are the broken,<br>               for they shall become a new whole.<br><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Nancy Peterson, November 2010<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><em>Northern Yearly Meeting<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><em>Faith and Practice 2017 p. 61<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Blessed are the Quakers who are the mystics&#8230; the window washers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Photo by Rohan Reddy from Pixabay<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1648,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[132],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-june-2024"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareletter.milwaukeequakers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareletter.milwaukeequakers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareletter.milwaukeequakers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareletter.milwaukeequakers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareletter.milwaukeequakers.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1657"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/shareletter.milwaukeequakers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1657\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1658,"href":"https:\/\/shareletter.milwaukeequakers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1657\/revisions\/1658"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareletter.milwaukeequakers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareletter.milwaukeequakers.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareletter.milwaukeequakers.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareletter.milwaukeequakers.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}