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Witness to Quaker Racism: A Cautionary Tale

A standoff at the meetinghouse.

Sharon Smith

Reading Minutes Aloud

A characteristic practice at meetings for business of Friends General Conference’s Central Committee is reading the minutes out loud to…

Judy Purvis

Succession to the Clerkship

I am learning to clerk. Meetings give their clerks the power and authority necessary to function. This is something we…

Lucinda Atrim

Climate Change Can’t Wait for Quaker Time

Balancing patience with urgency in the monthly meeting.

Marjorie McKelvey Isaacs

Paying as Led

The experiment with abundance continues.

Molly Wingate

Quakers in Earthquakes

Christchurch Meeting, New Zealand This has been an extraordinary year that has been dominated by frequent tremors: over 40 that exceeded magnitude five and…

Mia Tay and Rosemary Tredgold, Clerks

Books, August 2013

A Handful of Quiet: Happiness in Four Pebbles By Thich Nhat Hanh, illustrated by Wietske Vriezen. Plum Blossom Books, 2012.…

Staff

Noticing Patterns of Oppression and Faithfulness

Special Web Feature: New England Yearly Meeting’s experiment with paying attention.

Lisa Graustein

Forum November 2013

Letters from our readers. This month: more stories of Richard Nixon; responses from the humorous texting piece; Quaker interest in divestment from fossil fuels increases; Quakers and atonement; children and parents in meeting; and growing Quakerism.

Staff

Meeting for Worship for Healing

A largely forgotten Quaker practice brings healing and wholeness once more.

Richard K. Lee and Sarah M. Lloyd