Minding the future / Christine A.M. Davis.
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TextSeries: Swarthmore lecture ; 2008.Publication details: London : Quaker Books, 2008. Description: 98 p. ; 22 cmISBN: 9780901689887 (pbk.); 0901689882 (pbk.)Subject(s): Quakers -- Conduct of life | Stewardship, Christian -- Society of Friends | Responsibility -- Moral and ethical aspects | Society of Friends -- Influence | Society of Friends -- ScotlandSummary: What am I, and what are you, handing on to the future? How have our lives reshaped the insights and experience which we have inherited from the past, and what of this are we passing on to the future? Stewardship is about the way we treat our past and learn from it, the way we use these lessons in our own generation and the legacy we pass on to those who come after us. It is not just about material things, like our money and property; it is also about insights and understandings. Christine Davis inspiration and insights about stewardship from all parts of life, and challenges us to mind the future adventurously.--Publisher's description.
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The lectureship is under the care of Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre trustees.
"A lecture related to the present book was delivered at Yearly Meeting in London on the evening of 24 May 2007"--Half-title verso.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 94-95)
What am I, and what are you, handing on to the future? How have our lives reshaped the insights and experience which we have inherited from the past, and what of this are we passing on to the future? Stewardship is about the way we treat our past and learn from it, the way we use these lessons in our own generation and the legacy we pass on to those who come after us. It is not just about material things, like our money and property; it is also about insights and understandings. Christine Davis inspiration and insights about stewardship from all parts of life, and challenges us to mind the future adventurously.--Publisher's description.
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