tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12310464.post1448987180232078535..comments2024-02-26T13:34:55.746-06:00Comments on Comrade Kevin's Chrestomathy: Fishing Strategies for the FutureComrade Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11393718048145784837noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12310464.post-41326121195912089022010-05-24T10:25:28.711-05:002010-05-24T10:25:28.711-05:00My dear friend Kevin,
Unfortunately, I'm afra...My dear friend Kevin,<br /><br />Unfortunately, I'm afraid you have misunderstood my post. Mine was not a call to abandon the internet, nor to defend tradition rigidly at the expense of being relevant to our present societal context.<br /><br />Instead, I asked Friends to consider how we should adapt our tradition - which is predicated on the assumption of general communal stability - to the exigencies of (post) modern life.<br /><br />I'm no enemy of the internet; I see it, in fact, as one of the tools that will make a more settled existence compatible with continuing community on an inter-regional and planetary level. However, I do wonder whether some of us have allowed the internet to become our primary spiritual community, rather than sinking our roots deep into the difficult, broken, human communities where we live. <br /><br />I did not intend to issue a call to abandon modern life. However, I do think that it is important to name that we are no longer living in the same social context as that gave rise to the traditions of the Religious Society of Friends. I believe that it is important that we re-examine our tradition in light of our present-day context, and that we consider our present-day context in light of our tradition. I suspect that we will be called to adapt both our lifestyles and our tradition to how God is leading us today.<br /><br />Your friend in Truth,<br /><br />MicahMicah Baleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06849915973708989620noreply@blogger.com