Good Order of Friends

Our Most Precious Resource

It is my good fortune to belong to a large, urban meeting that has quite a few families with young…

Nurturing Our Meetings

When I first attended Friends meeting in my early 30s, I knew that I was in the right place, but…

Building the Beloved Community

Atlanta Friends Meeting began as such a diverse group of people that one of the first attenders commented, "It seemed…

Hospitality in the Manner of Friends

Use hospitality one to another without grudging. As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one…

The Meaning of Silent Worship

A Friend recently asked, "What does silent worship mean?" Silent worship is about making an opportunity for God. God makes…

Speaking into the Silence

Meeting for Business for Community

In psychotherapy there is a technique we call "paradoxical intervention." It’s what we do when we tell a two-year-old who…

Does Your Meeting Need a Bill of Rights?

About ten years ago, West Richmond (Ind.) Meeting was shattered by a case of sexual harassment, where a respected member…

Beyond Consensus: The Quaker Search for God's Leading for the Group

When a group of North Americans gather to make a decision, one of three processes is usually used: the autocratic,…

Clerking: A Semi-Serious Look

From 1975 to 1994 there were only two years when I was not involved in some kind of clerking responsibility…

Spiritual Discernment within the Nominating Process

How might Friends improve the spiritual discernment within their nominating committees? I posed this query to my interest group, “Nominating:…

Bill of Rights of West Richmond (Ind.) Meeting

You have the right to take part in worship. All people are welcome to worship with us, regardless of age,…
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