Queries as Prayers

by Ron B. Rembert

Overview

As a participant in an ecumenical workshop where he was the only Quaker, Ron Rembert found himself experimenting with new uses for the traditional Quaker practice of responding to queries. In adapting new practices to a Quaker sensibility, Ron Rembert finds new ways of using queries and explores the significance of writing our prayers. Among the questions he addresses are: Is there a difference between writing a poem and a prayer? Is answering a query as prayer as much about oneself as about God? Why record prayers in written form rather than experiencing them in silence?

Product Details

BN ID:	2940162023456
Publisher:	Pendle Hill Publications
Publication date:	06/22/2018
Series:	Pendle Hill Pamphlets , #423
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	100 KB

About the Author

Ron B. Rembert is a member of the Religion and Philosophy Department at Wilmington College in Ohio, where he teaches a range of philosophy courses, including Introduction to Quakerism and a new offering on Baseball and Philosophy. He is a member of Campus Friends Meeting, which is affiliated with Wilmington and Ohio Valley Yearly Meetings. He lives with his wife Theresa, a marriage and family counselor and an active volunteer in community activities. Their son Mark, a graduate of Haverford College, is a co-founder of Energize Clinton County, a nonprofit organization promoting economic development. Ron launched this work on queries as prayers while participating in a writing workshop at the Collegeville Institute for Ecumenical and Cultural Research during the summer of 2011. He expresses appreciation to the staff of the institute, especially Donald Ottenhoff, Carla Durand, and Sari Fordham, and to his workshop colleagues for their support and encouragement. He also acknowledges Dan Kasztelan and Noah Campbell for their helpful advice.