Ashley M. Wilcox in Friends Journal

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Sending Forth

By Ashley M. Wilcox on February 28, 2014

A public Friend illustrates the importance of financial support in ministry.

Ashley M. Wilcox is a member and recorded minister of Freedom Friends Church in Salem, Ore. She currently lives in Atlanta, Ga., where she worships with Atlanta Meeting and studies at Candler School of Theology. Her writing has been published in Friends Journal, Western Friend, and various Quaker anthologies. She blogs at questforadequacy.blogspot.com.

Posted in: March 2014: Funding Ministry

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Nairobi West

By Ashley M. Wilcox on December 12, 2012

Ashley Wilcox reflects on the warm welcome she found at Nairobi West Friends Church in Kenya.

Ashley M. Wilcox is presiding clerk of Freedom Friends Church in Salem, Oregon, and a graduate of the School of the Spirit Ministry's program, "On Being a Spiritual Nurturer." She carries a concern for supporting ministers in the Religious Society of Friends, and writes regularly about her spiritual journey on her blog, questforadequacy.blogspot.com.

Posted in: Online Features

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Quaker Meetings Respond to Coronavirus

By Katie Breslin on March 13, 2020

Friends adapt to the spread of COVID‐19.

Katie Breslin is a member of Friends Meeting of Washington (D.C.) and is currently sojourning at West Richmond (Ind.) Meeting. She is a first-year student at Earlham School of Religion. Before moving to Richmond, Katie was the Young Adult Program Manager at Friends Committee on National Legislation. You can follow her on Twitter and Instagram at @katiebreslin.

Posted in: Blogs, The State of Quaker Institutions

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The Value of Seminary

By Ashley M. Wilcox on June 1, 2017

Lives of Friends: “But why go to seminary?”

Ashley M. Wilcox is a recorded minister and pastor of Church of Mary Magdalene. She is a member of Freedom Friends Church and a sojourning member of Atlanta (Ga.) Meeting. Her writing has been published in Friends Journal, Western Friend, and various Quaker anthologies, as well as on her website, ashleymwilcox.com.

Posted in: June/July 2017: Reimagining the Quaker Ecosystem, Lives of Friends

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Walking the Labyrinth

By Ashley M. Wilcox on October 1, 2011

“This is the message we have heard and declare to you: God is light; in God there is no darkness […]

Ashley M. Wilcox is presiding clerk of Freedom Friends Church in Salem, Oregon, and a graduate of School of the Spirit Ministry's program "On Being a Spiritual Nurturer." She carries a concern for supporting ministers in the Religious Society of Friends, and writes regularly about her spiritual journey on her blog: http://www.questforadequacy.blogspot.com.

Posted in: Features

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Ministry and silence delivered at the World Conference in Kenya

Rising up: Ministry at the World Gathering of Friends

By Ashley M. Wilcox on July 18, 2012

Ministry and silence delivered at the World Conference in Kenya

Ashley M. Wilcox is presiding clerk of Freedom Friends Church in Salem, Oregon, and a graduate of the School of the Spirit Ministry's program "On Being a Spiritual Nurturer." She carries a concern for supporting ministers in the Religious Society of Friends, and writes regularly about her spiritual journey on her blog, questforadequacy.blogspot.com.

Posted in: August 2012: Sustainable Travel, Features

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Worshiping Online

By Rachel Guaraldi on June 1, 2017

An experiment with online programmed meeting for worship.

Rachel Guaraldi is an interfaith hospital chaplain, Quaker minister, and spiritual director. As a lifelong Quaker and member of Beacon Hill Meeting in Boston, Mass., Rachel has facilitated dialogue among Quaker, ecumenical, and interfaith communities for over a decade. To join and participate in the online programmed meeting for worship, please visit rachelguaraldi.com/pmfw.

Posted in: Features, June/July 2017: Reimagining the Quaker Ecosystem

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