In 1934, AFSC co-founder Henry Cadbury advised Jewish rabbis to be gentler on Hitler. Is civility a substitute for morality?
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What People Really Want from Church and Quaker Meeting
Looking at successful church growth models for ideas to grow our fellowship.
Civility Can Be Dangerous
Lucy Duncan is the director of Friends Relations at the American Friends Service Committee.
Posted in: Online Features
Sparking a Quakerish Epidemic
A society of Friends ought to be a natural for friendship with God.
Forrest Curo is a poet and member of San Diego (Calif.) Meeting. He ran the Aardvark Bookstore here from 1985–1998 and founded Street Light (modeled on American Friends Service Committee’s Street Spirit) in 1996. He put in a year at Pendle Hill Conference Center in 2002 in hopes of finding a spiritual handle on the intractable politics of poverty and is now retired.
Posted in: Going Viral with Quakerism, Online Features
August 2018 Full Issue Access
Members can download the full PDF or read any article online. đź”’
Posted in: Full Access, Going Viral with Quakerism
What People Really Want from Church and Quaker Meeting
Looking at successful church growth models for ideas to grow our fellowship.
Donald W. McCormick, [email protected]​gmail.​com, is a member of Grass Valley Meeting in Nevada City, Calif. He is director of education for Unified Mindfulness, a company that trains mindfulness teachers. The senior editor of Friends Journal described his February article, “Can Quakerism Survive?,” as “the most talked about article in recent history.”
Posted in: Features, Going Viral with Quakerism
The Future Is Accessible
A silent podcast goes viral and points to ways to share Quakerism.
Jessica Hubbard-Bailey is the host and executive producer of Young Quaker Podcast and a member of her local meeting in the United Kingdom.
Posted in: Features, Going Viral with Quakerism
Open for Liberation: A View from Britain
It may come as a surprise, but people are interested in Friends.
Tim Gee is a member of Britain Yearly Meeting and was the 2017 George Gorman Lecturer. His third book, Why I Am a Pacifist, will be published next year.
Posted in: Features, Going Viral with Quakerism
Tapping a Viral Energy
Lifting the bondage, embracing the future, and making Quakerism a viable reality once more.
Robert Henry is pastor of Indianapolis (Ind.) First Friends Meeting. He is a speaker, activist, neighborhood collaborator, and avid artist. He lives in Fishers, Ind., with his wife and three boys.
Posted in: Features, Going Viral with Quakerism
Handling Change and Creating Communities
Focused relationships in social media
Steven Whinfield’s background is in communication and advertising. He has been a part of building brands for many clients and is today an account representative for a large kidney dialysis corporation.
Posted in: Features, Going Viral with Quakerism
The Grief and the Promised Land
Leaving behind the things that feel safe and comfortable.
Emily Provance, a member of Fifteenth Street Meeting in New York City, is called to a ministry of hearth building: that is, to the work of creating a home for Friends, a community rich with nourishing opportunities, so that each of us can then minister in the world, fully fed. She is an associate of Good News Associates, a nonprofit organization that supports non-institutional ministries.
Posted in: Features, Going Viral with Quakerism
God Sightings on the Hiking Trail
Reflection: Life is dark and life is full of light. đź”’
Bernadette Kero is a retired nurse and has been a regular attendee at Klamath Falls Friends Church in Oregon for three years. She’s a member of the Peace and Social Concerns Committee and enjoys volunteering at Friends Food Pantry and hiking.
Posted in: Going Viral with Quakerism, Reflection
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