tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16620908.post113746850151813698..comments2023-06-30T23:05:13.115+12:00Comments on Missionary Anna - kiwi tales!: whakapapaAnna Dunfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12362143051124854821noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16620908.post-1138737024086098822006-02-01T08:50:00.000+13:002006-02-01T08:50:00.000+13:00Hmm. This post gives me something to chew on, and...Hmm. This post gives me something to chew on, and resonates with something I wrote recently, about understanding the <A HREF="http://thegoodraisedup.blogspot.com/2006/01/jade-and-gestalt-of-quakerism.html" REL="nofollow">gestalt of Quakerism</A> by having a "multigenerational" relationship with it, as well as by having a broad relationship with it through a variety of experiences. <BR/><BR/>It seems to me that <I>whakapapa</I> speaks to this quality of a holistic gestalt that is both foundation and building block to one's inherent identity.<BR/><BR/>I've added you to my list of Quaker bloggers on <I>The Good Raised Up</I> and have enjoyed your recent posts.<BR/><BR/>Blessings,<BR/>Liz, <A HREF="http://thegoodraisedup.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow">The Good Raised Up</A>Liz Opphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09802348848085930901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16620908.post-1137528941383547052006-01-18T09:15:00.000+13:002006-01-18T09:15:00.000+13:00When I returned to Quakers, Christchurch Meeting, ...When I returned to Quakers, Christchurch Meeting, and Summer Gathering after eight or so years away in my mid twenties a very interesting thing happened. People hardly seemed to have noticed I had been gone. It wasn't that they ignored me, it was that they just accepted me right back in, without making a fuss, just like a family would. No big fanfare, no criticism for having been away. It was at this time that I really recognised that I had a Quaker 'whakapapa'. The love, respect, and closeness of the Quaker community seems very akin to that I experience in my extended family and I value it very highly.<BR/><BR/>The sense of having a Quaker 'ancestory' in those that founded Quakerism in the 1600s is important to me too. Because I'm descended from people who left England as a conscious break from the past and a seeking for something new, it's actually quite hard to trace my geneology. Having a theological and spiritual 'geneology' I can call my own seems to give me something of a sense of 'unison with the universe' as Witi Ihimaera describes it.Julianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15873823442468848334noreply@blogger.com