Marketing ourselves to the “spiritual but not religious.”
Thomas H. Jeavons in Friends Journal
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Sharing Our Faith with the Nones
Thomas H. Jeavons is a scholar-in-residence at the Earlham School of Religion. He was general secretary of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting from 1996 to 2006 and executive secretary of Baltimore Yearly Meeting from 1978 to 1988. He remains a member of Swarthmore (Pa.) Meeting though he currently lives in Indiana. The original speech on which this article is based can be found at Esr.earlham.edu.
Posted in: December 2013: Outside the Quaker Bubble, FeaturesAdvent: Darkness, Waiting, Light, and Hope
Last year, as Advent approached, it was the beginning of a very difficult time for me and my family. The […]
Thomas H. Jeavons, general secretary of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, is a member of Swarthmore (Pa.) Meeting. ©2001 Thomas H. Jeavons
Posted in: FeaturesThe Unifying Vision of Quakers
When people ask you what Quakers believe, what do you tell them? Many Friends re‐spond in one of two unhelpful […]
Thomas H. Jeavons is a member of Swarthmore (Pa.) Meeting and serves as general secretary of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting.
Posted in: FeaturesSo What Can We Say Now? Suggestions for Explaining Quakerism
Margaret Fell, “the mother of Quakerism,” describes an occasion when George Fox challenged his listeners to recognize the experiential nature […]
Thomas H. Jeavons, general secretary of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, is a member of Swarthmore (Pa.) Meeting.
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Among Friends December 2013
The call to call out.
Gabriel Ehri is the executive director of Friends Journal.
Posted in: Among Friends, December 2013: Outside the Quaker Bubble![Image: Two school-aged girls collaborate at whiteboard. Caption: To live as Friends, young people need access to Quaker experience [DONATE]](https://www.friendsjournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/WebGraphics_SummerCampaign_Friends_2018.05.14-v1-03-1.png)
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