Quaker activists are involved in the youth‐led Climate Strike movement from D.C. to London.
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Giving Up Childhood to Avert Climate Catastrophe
Jim Ross jumped back into creative pursuits after retiring in 2015. He’s since published in over 100 journals and anthologies in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. Jim and his wife—parents of two health professionals, grandparents of five preschoolers—attend Sandy Spring (Md.) Meeting.
Posted in: Features, Quaker Kids
Frackopoly: The Battle for the Future of Energy and the Environment
By Wenonah Hauter. The New Press, 2016. 276 pages. $27.95/hardcover. Food & Water Watch is a national organization with state […]
Posted in: Conscience, October 2017 Books, Quaker Book Reviews
7 Advices for Online Gospel Ministry
Bringing faithfulness and witness to communications on social media.
Kathleen Wooten (Fresh Pond Meeting in Cambridge, Mass.) carries a concern for how we are faithful in virtual and actual community, and lets her life speak, tweet, and post as faithfully as she is able. Her occasional blog can be found at quakerkathleen.wordpress.com. She also serves as events coordinator of New England Yearly Meeting.
Posted in: Features, Quakers and Social Media
Toward a Right Relationship with Finance: Debt, Interest, Growth, and Security
By Pamela Haines, Ed Dreby, David Kane, and Charles Blanchard. Quaker Institute for the Future Focus Book 9, 2016. 126 […]
Tom Head is a member of Bridge City Meeting in Portland, Ore., and professor of economics at George Fox University. Both his professional work and his Quaker service have focused on international trade, finance, economic development, and international relations. He has a passion for interfaith dialogue and contemplating the role of world religions in the global economy.
Posted in: November 2016 Books, Quaker Book Reviews, Quakers and Social Media
News, April 2016
News from the world of Friends.
Posted in: News, Spiritual Nurture / Quaker Training
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 […]
Stephen Willis Dotson is a member of Goose Creek (Va.) Meeting who carries a concern for the future of Friends. This concern manifests in a desire to nurture rising generations, to facilitate Quaker engagement with ecumenical and inter-religious work, and to help the unique gifts of Quakerism reach those who are seeking them through both traditional and emerging technologies. He is a Board member for Friends Journal.
Posted in: Blogs, JordanA Model for Growth and Rejuvenation of Monthly Meetings
Growing up in Moorestown (N.J.) Meeting, I remember being in awe of a meetinghouse that was, at least to a […]
Larry Van Meter, a member of Moorestown (N.J.) Meeting, is head of Moorestown Friends School.
Posted in: FeaturesYo! Are You Amish?
Driving down Philadelphia’s South Street a few years ago, I was asked by a person who had pulled up next […]
Max L. Carter, director of the Friends Center and campus ministry coordinator at Guilford College, is a member of New Garden Meeting in Greensboro, N.C. A recorded Friends minister, he teaches courses at Guilford on Quaker history, testimonies, spirituality, and intentional community.
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