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Vegetarianism in Quaker History
Food ethics has long been an important part of the tradition of Friends.
John Sniegocki is a member of Community Friends Meeting in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he and his family serve as resident caretakers. John teaches religious ethics and directs the Peace and Justice Studies program at Xavier University.
This online version of the June-July 2019 print article includes citations and references.
Posted in: Features, June/July 2019: Food Choices
Letting the Higher Power Do It
An eating disorder makes food and fellowship difficult.
B is a Quaker who finds that the 12 Steps have enriched her spirituality. You can write to her at [email protected].
Posted in: Features, June/July 2019: Food Choices
The Great Food Transformation
Earthcare activism is a natural fit for Friends.
Elizabeth Root lives in the heart of the Finger Lakes with her family of three poodles. A retired social worker, she authored a book on children’s mental health in 2009. She is a member of the Perry City (N.Y.) Meeting in the Finger Lakes region of New York State.
Posted in: June/July 2019: Food Choices, Online Features
Food Choices, Relationship, and God
Learning to understand what we are actually hungry for.
Lorene Ludy is a member of Lincoln (Neb.) Meeting. She is a Benedictine Oblate and a Stephen Minister. She likes to eat and hang out with God.
Posted in: June/July 2019: Food Choices, Online Features
A Critique of Health Consciousness
The possible ill effects of worrying too much and talking too much about our food choices.
Caroline Morris wrote a thesis on the connection between anorexia and asceticism and is a student at Earlham School of Religion.
Posted in: June/July 2019: Food Choices, Online Features
Becoming a Welcoming Church AND Scrappy Church
Becoming a Welcoming Church By Thom S. Rainer. B&H Publishing Group, 2018. 128 pages. $12.99/hardcover; $9.99/eBook. Scrappy Church: God’s Not […]
David Etheridge is a member of Friends Meeting of Washington (D.C.) and clerk of the Baltimore Yearly Meeting Working Group on Racism.
Posted in: June/July 2019 Books, June/July 2019: Food Choices, Quaker Book ReviewsWilliam H. Powell
Powell—William H. Powell, 70, on September 26, 2017, in Casa Grande, Ariz. Bill was born on January 7, 1947, in […]
Posted in: Friendly Competition?, Milestones
Teach Us to Pray
By Gordon T. Smith. IVP Books, 2018. 112 pages. $15/paperback; $14.99/eBook. The first question is “Why?” Why do we need […]
Paul Buckley is a member of Community Friends Meeting in Cincinnati, Ohio. He is the author of numerous articles and books on Quakerism and travels in the ministry urging revival among Friends. His most recent book is Primitive Quakerism Revived: Living as Friends in the Twenty-First Century.
Posted in: April 2019 Books, Humor in Religion, Quaker Book Reviews
August 2019: QuakerSpeak at Five
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