Al Vernacchio’s article, “Friends Schools and Healthy Sexuality” appears in the March 2013 issue of Friends Journal. Al teaches sexuality at Friends’ Central School in Wynnewood, Pa. FRIENDS JOURNAL: You’ve written an article about teaching sexual education in the Quaker classroom. How did Liberal Friends get to be on the forefront of talking about sexuality? [...]
Toward a Testimony of Intimacy
Let’s face it: we don’t like to talk about sex. Most people don’t, but Quakers are especially reluctant. We also need to face this: some Quakers are certain homosexuality is a sin, and others are just as sure it is not. How can each side be so certain, however, if none of us wants to talk about sex?
Thanks and Wow: Two Prayers from Anne Lamott’s Latest
This post continues our online book discussion of Anne Lamott’s Help, Thanks, Wow, the Friends Journal selection for February. Chapter Two: Thanks. One of the things that’s easy to say but hard to do for human beings is feel grateful for what we have. We too often see (and want) what we don’t have—through television, [...]
A Clerk’s Lesson from Occupy
A meeting makes quick decisions and learns to more fully trust Quaker process.
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