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Tag Archives | house
The Grief and the Promised Land
Leaving behind the things that feel safe and comfortable.
Emily Provance, a member of Fifteenth Street Meeting in New York City, is called to a ministry of hearth building: that is, to the work of creating a home for Friends, a community rich with nourishing opportunities, so that each of us can then minister in the world, fully fed. She is an associate of Good News Associates, a nonprofit organization that supports non-institutional ministries.
Posted in: Features, Going Viral with Quakerism
Writing Opp: Meetings and Money (due 7/20)
How do we spend money on ourselves? What is the role of money in our meetings? How do we decide […]
To Build Is to Love
The stairs to the vast, rustic house creaked as I lugged my teal trunk up the steps. The bright sunlight […]
Quinn Daugherty, Grade 10, Westtown School, attender of Unami Meeting in Pennsburg, Pa.
Posted in: Student Voice Project 2018, Student Voices Project, What Are Quaker Values Anyway?
From the Circus to the Community
“So, Rosie … do you want to go to the Ringling Brothers Circus for their final show?” my dad asks […]
Rosie Reed, Grade 6, Greene Street Friends School
Posted in: Student Voice Project 2018, Student Voices Project, What Are Quaker Values Anyway?
Forum, March 2018
Letters and commentary from our readers.
Posted in: Forum, Quakers and the Holy Land
Quilting as Ministry
Quilting as healing at a Quaker Voluntary Service house.
Kayla Schneider-Smith is a 2016-17 Portland QVS fellow who has served both with New City Initiative, an organization that aims to end the cycle of homelessness through faith community involvement, and Urban Gleaners, a food re-purposing organization that fights childhood hunger in Oregon.
Posted in: Features, February 2018
News February 2018
News of Friends: Statement from AFSC on being banned from work in Israel; Remembering Muted Voices symposium; Quakers in Britain […]
Posted in: February 2018, News
Farm and Community
Life on a small vegetable farm.
Craig Jensen likes board games, comic books, and the bread that his wife bakes, but time with his son, Fox, is his favorite thing in the world. He grows beautiful dahlias and would like to spend all of his winter making toys. He is a member of Monadnock Meeting in Jaffrey, N.H.
Posted in: Features, Quaker Lifestyles
Being Vegetarian is a Climate Issue
A Friend’s bumpy path toward a lifestyle that’s lighter on the Earth. 🔒 Friends Journal Member? Sign in here! Not […]
Lynn Fitz-Hugh is a climate activist, parent, psychotherapist, and vegetarian. She belongs to Eastside Meeting in Bellevue, Wash.
Posted in: Quaker Lifestyles
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