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The Herstory of “Oak Womyn Drumming”

"Oak Womyn Drumming" came into existence after a sequence of events with profound feminist implications. First, there was a minute…

The Peaceable Kingdom 2.0: Young Adults and Quakerism’s Future

In this post-Christendom, post-9/11 country, there is a growing inter-faith youth movement, thanks in part to the ability of new…

The Task of the Recording Clerk: Spiritual Exercise and Ministry

or me, the first step in all aspects of living, including recording the minutes of a meeting, is the personal…

The Weekend: Thoughts on Community

That weekend started the week before, when it snowed almost two feet on Thursday and Friday morning. I spent a…

Green Man Visits Adelphi Friends Meeting

Green Man arrived barefoot and crowned with leaves on Adelphi (Md.) Meeting’s sloping lawn under a blue sky. He approached…

Hidden Springs: A Quaker Farm Community in the Mid-20th Century

Technically, my parents did not own a house until after Dad retired, and even then, it was probably mortgaged. For…

Quaker College Intervisitation

The Quaker Community of Haverford College (QuaC) hosted 16 students from Earlham College and George Fox University in September 2010…

Eldering: A Legacy

When I arrived in Champaign, Illinois, in 1963, I made my way to the Friends meeting the very first Sunday.…

Away in a Manger: A Quaker Midrash

Since the time I was a small child I have loved the well-known story of the birth of Jesus, and…

Seven Thousand Miles to Find a New Friend

What role can Quaker education play in building bridges of understanding across the world? To answer that question, fourth grade…

Quaker Women’s Theology Conference

When the invitation to write an article for Friends Journal about the Pacific Northwest Quaker Women’s Theology Conference (PNWQWTC) came…

Quaker Women’s Theology Conference

When the invitation to write an article for Friends Journal about the Pacific Northwest Quaker Women’s Theology Conference (PNWQWTC) came…
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