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by Bill Rushby
Tue Apr 07, 2020 1:12 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Coronavirus Outbreak
Replies: 7326
Views: 867368

Re: Coronavirus Outbreak

"Yet, it seems just because President Trump is promoting it, many seem to want to resist it even though it may be very helpful in treatment, not cure, but treatment." I read a wrapup on hydroxychloroquine that many physicians are prescribing this drug for themselves and members of their fa...
by Bill Rushby
Wed Mar 18, 2020 4:05 pm
Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
Topic: How to be Church in the days of COVID-19
Replies: 27
Views: 4536

Re: How to be Church in the days of COVID-19

Josh: You've got me beat! I only take six prescriptions. But then, I take various non-prescription "drugs".
Some of my medicines treat side-effects of others.
by Bill Rushby
Sun Mar 15, 2020 1:28 pm
Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
Topic: Quakers and Anabaptists
Replies: 115
Views: 20372

Re: Quakers and Anabaptists

Hello , Susan Ann! I am not really any kind of expert about the Free Church of Scotland (Continuing), but I think it is probably part of the "Wee Folk". See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Church_of_Scotland_(Continuing) Sort of the Scottish Presbyterian analog of the Conservative Frien...
by Bill Rushby
Sat Mar 14, 2020 11:15 am
Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
Topic: Quakers and Anabaptists
Replies: 115
Views: 20372

Re: Quakers and Anabaptists

WFR: By the way, did you know that Donald Trump's mother came from the Isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides, a bastion of "Old Order" Calvinism. Until the last 50 years or so, their church services were conducted in Gaelic (Gal-ic). They still hold some Gaelic services, I think. Their Gael...
by Bill Rushby
Sat Mar 14, 2020 9:51 am
Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
Topic: Quakers and Anabaptists
Replies: 115
Views: 20372

Re: Quakers and Anabaptists

SusanAnn wrote: "I would like to read your paper- my Quaker history isn't very good, but I was born and still live in Norwich, the city where Elizabeth Fry was born - she's still pretty famous in these parts, and I think it was Stephen Grellet who persuaded her to go to Newgate prison." Ti...
by Bill Rushby
Thu Mar 12, 2020 3:05 pm
Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
Topic: Quakers and Anabaptists
Replies: 115
Views: 20372

Re: Quakers and Anabaptists

Are you now near Burlington? Or upstate NY? In New York State, 40 miles southwest of Burlington VT, as the crow flies! I was born at Cheever, a bump in the road near Port Henry NY. Have you written your memoirs? Thanks, Temporal! My life has been sad and disappointing. I am not willing to reduce it ...
by Bill Rushby
Thu Mar 12, 2020 10:14 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Coronavirus Outbreak
Replies: 7326
Views: 867368

Re: Coronavirus Outbreak

There was a time when our family had a high-producing Holstein and dairy goats milking. We made delicious cheese but before long it left us (as our son David said) "circumferentially challenged."
by Bill Rushby
Tue Mar 10, 2020 1:02 pm
Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
Topic: Quakers and Anabaptists
Replies: 115
Views: 20372

Re: Quakers and Anabaptists

Hello, Barnhart! I am too old and tired at 78 to attempt a Ph.D. thesis, even serialized on MennoNet. My current leading is to encourage an Anabaptist/Quaker fellowship in the Champlain Valley (NY/VT). Toward that end, I am also attempting to get a house of my own. If this all works out, perhaps you...
by Bill Rushby
Tue Mar 10, 2020 12:32 am
Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
Topic: Quakers and Anabaptists
Replies: 115
Views: 20372

Re: Quakers and Anabaptists

Actually, I seem to have one leg in the Quaker world and the other in the Mennonite/Brethren world. I would not for even one minute claim that the Quaker take on Christian faith and witness is flawless. In fact, my impression is that it has gone downhill. Yet, as one "cradle" Conservative ...
by Bill Rushby
Mon Mar 09, 2020 12:17 pm
Forum: Written Word
Topic: Good Books' Intro. to Bible Study
Replies: 0
Views: 3168

Good Books' Intro. to Bible Study

What is the name of Good Books' (PA) introduction to Bible study?