Sometimes we need the buses, dogs, and loud neighbors to enter the deepest silence of the meetinghouse.
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The Importance of Noise During Silent Worship
Ben Handy is a member of Frankford Meeting in Philadelphia, Pa. He has a boring job and a lovely family. He mostly spends his free time trying to figure out where he put his glasses, and why he can never seem to get anything done.
Posted in: Features, February 2020
In Which Today’s To‐dos Become Ta‐dahs!
A Friend’s attention to prayer life brings an easy order to life’s juggles.
A member of the Winnebago Worship Group in Wisconsin, Kat Griffith is a former teacher, homeschooler, sustainable agriculture activist, and environmental educator. She is currently active in several Friends organizations, serves as an interpreter, and works on various social justice issues.
Posted in: Features, February 2020
Scenes from a Meetinghouse
The spirituality of doorknobs and staircases.
Gunilla Norris writes contemplative books on the spirituality of the everyday. More of her writings can be found at gunillanorris.com.
Posted in: Features, February 2020
A Quaker Response to Gun Violence
A ministry born of family tragedy.
Peter Murchison is a member of Wilton (Conn.) Meeting, where he currently serves as clerk of the Ministry and Oversight Committee. He has been active around the issue of gun violence since the shooting at Sandy Hook where his nephew Daniel Barden was killed in his classroom. Contact him at [email protected].
Posted in: Features, February 2020
The Land Remembers: Connecting with Native People through the Land
Connecting with Native peoples through the land.
Paula Palmer is a member of Boulder (Colo.) Meeting. Her ministry, Toward Right Relationship with Native Peoples, is under the care and administration of Friends Peace Teams (friendspeaceteams.org/trr). Her workshops explore painful truths about U.S. and Quaker history and create opportunities for individuals, meetings, and communities to take steps toward right relationship.
Posted in: Features, February 2020
I Think I Understand Now
Watching someone’s drug use spiral out of control.
Drugs and the Practice of Spiritual Discernment
When can drugs bring us closer to God?
Supporting Recovery among Friends
What keeps us from helping fellow Friends with drug addictions?
Johanna Jackson is a young adult Friend, and a member of State College (Pa.) Meeting. She is a recent graduate of the School of the Spirit's "On Being a Spiritual Nurturer" program, class of 2019. She can be reached at [email protected].
Posted in: Drugs, Features
Confronting the Challenge of Drugs
How can we respond to the catastrophes brought on by the war on drugs?
The Liturgy of Me
The rhythms of a life stuck in a daily cycle of brokenness and violence.
r. scot miller attends Red Cedar Meeting in Lansing, Mich., with his spouse, Jenn, and their family. He holds graduate degrees from Earlham School of Religion (MA and MDiv) and Grand Valley State University (MSW). He is currently a PhD student at Chicago Theological Seminary.
Posted in: Drugs, Features
Features
The Importance of Noise During Silent Worship by Ben Handy
In Which Today’s To‐dos Become Ta‐dahs! by Kat Griffith
Scenes from a Meetinghouse by Gunilla Norris
A Quaker Response to Gun Violence by Peter Murchison
The Land Remembers: Connecting with Native People through the Land by Paula Palmer
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