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Including Deaf Quakers

It has been my experience that when Quakers discuss diversity, they usually think of those of color or those with… Barbara Luetke-Stahlman

Addressing Hearing Loss among Friends

About 15 percent of people in the United States have at least mild hearing loss in their better ear; hearing… Karen Street

2002 State of the Meeting Reports

A deeper sense of fellowship in meetings for worship was experienced by Friends in monthly meetings from Maine to Hawaii… Robert Marks

Prayer, Healing, and a Miracle

Our life is love, and peace, and tenderness; and bearing one with another, and forgiving one another, and not laying… Marcelle Martin

A Quaker Painter's Challenge

Most everyone has a private challenge. Some are difficult obstacles to overcome, like mountain climbing. Others involve winning races, building… John B. Satterthwaite

Meetinghouse Chairs

Our meetinghouse is going through a seemingly mundane transformation. An ad hoc committee has introduced new, molded stacking chairs to… Rick Seifert

Sally's Care Committee

The punch line of a very long joke left us groaning: "transporting young gulls over sedated lions for immortal porpoises."… Kate Hunter Nina Sullivan

The Ministry of the Comfort Quilt

Growing up in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, I was surrounded by beautiful quilts mostly made by Amish and Mennonites. My grandmother… Ruthanne L. Hackman

The Origins of Lehigh Valley Meeting

As early as 1922 there were a few people worshiping in the manner of Friends in the Lehigh Valley region… Bryn Hammarstrom

Listening Lessons

Only lunatics hear the voice of God—and saints (who don’t live around here anyway). This I knew to be true… Paul Buckley

What is Worship?

Meeting for worship is the heart and center of a Quaker meeting and of being Quaker, but what do Quakers… Marti Matthews

Reconsidering "I Approve"

Friends have a unique way of conducting business in which unity of all those assembled is sought on decision items.… Stan Becker
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