We Need to Nurture a Vital Quaker Ministry

After reading Arden Buck’s article, "What Do We Do Now?" (FJ April) I felt prompted to offer my own answer…

Steven Davison

Sit Thee Here

At the meetinghouse door the visitor met an older Friend who made him welcome with a few well-chosen words. As…

Marty Grundy

The 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

Teaching Quakerism

I suppose I’ve always been involved in Quaker outreach. I remember earnestly explaining Quaker pacifism to my Girl Scout troop…

Deborah Haines

The Journey to Answering That of God in Everyone

I’m probably one of the few Friends who has an aversion to the term "that of God in every one."…

Priscilla Berggren-Thomas

On Vocal Ministry: Two Perspectives

These words are offered as two Friends’ understanding and experience. They are not perfect or final, nor are they meant…

Diane Bonner

Brief Reflections on Quaker Practice

On "Standing in the Way" "Attend to pure wisdom and be teachable." —Advices of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting A common misconception…

Esther Greenleaf Mürer

Meditation, Prayer, and Worship

It wasn’t a burning bush or a lightning bolt from heaven—not common occurrences on subway trains where Cynthia was reading.…

Susan Davies

The Life of George Fox as a Model for Meeting for Worship

Every Friends meeting for worship bears the imprint of the life of Quakerism’s founder, George Fox. The meeting begins as…

John Pitts Corry

New Seekers and the Welcoming Community

Seekers" is what Quakers have always been. We have a rich history of seeking God (the Divine, the Light); seeking…

Suzanne Siverling and Maurine Pyle

Helping Young People Feel Welcome

At University Friends Meeting in Seattle, Washington, we have several systems in place to make sure children new to the…

Dana B. Standish

Newness to Quakerism

Is it only the newcomer among us who needs the welcoming and orientation within our meetings? Doesn’t any Quaker experience…

David and Virginia Wood

Quaker Religious Education for Adults

Adult Quaker religious education can be problematic. For such a well-educated group it is odd that we would disdain organized…

Gene Hillman

FGC Services for Orienting New Friends

Friends General Conference offers many programs and services helpful for meetings in welcoming and orienting new Friends. Here are a…

Lucy Duncan

Inquirers' Weekend at Pendle Hill

A Friends meeting community has so much to offer: rich silence in an era of noise, deep worship growing from…

Shirley Dodson

Barbara Mays

Barbara Mays, a musician, writer/editor and mother, describes herself first as a Hoosier. She returned to Richmond, Indiana, in the…

Kara Newell

Tom Louderback on Quakers and Capitalism

Capitalism is supposed to be an economic system with checks and balances, like democracy, and we…
Steven Davison on Speaking with Spiritual Authority

Thank you, Peter, for this ministry. I share your concern. In fact, Pendle Hill just published…
Ron Braithwaite on Hoopes Sentenced to More Than Two Years in Prison for Assaulting an ICE Agent

At the actual sentencing, Jacob was sentenced to 30 months at the Sheridan, Oregon Federal Minimum…
Kevin Johnson on Hoopes Sentenced to More Than Two Years in Prison for Assaulting an ICE Agent

I would have hoped that Friends would refrain from violent protests in these difficult days. Friends…