When I asked my 14āyearāold daughter, āWhat is a functioning Quaker adult?ā she looked at me quizzically and responded, āI [ā¦]
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TogetherāTogether: Thatās How We Nurture Each Other
Chris DeRoller is a member of Old Chatham (N.Y.) Meeting. She and her husband, Mike Clark, are the youth directors for Powell House, the conference and retreat center for New York Yearly Meeting.
Posted in: FeaturesOn Listening
When I ask you to listen to me and you start by giving advice, you have not done what I [ā¦]
This short article from the October 1, 1984, issue of Friends Journal is being reprinted in response to a suggestion from a reader. Ralph Roughton's reflections on listening were discussed at a meeting of the Older Friends Group of Hartford (Conn.) Meeting and were first published in the meeting's newsletter in April 1981.
Posted in: FeaturesGiving Attention to Our Leadings
The most precious gift Friends have to offer is our worship and the leadings that come from it. Yet this [ā¦]
Shirley Dodson is a member of Middletown Meeting in Lima, Pennsylvania. She serves as director of communications for Pendle Hill, a Quaker center in Wallingford, Pa., that nurtures Friends through worship, work, study, and service.
Posted in: FeaturesSpiritual Direction as a Resource for Friends
Friends come to their meetings out of some kind of spiritual hungerāa desire for belonging and encouragement in making the [ā¦]
Patty Levering is a member of Davidson (N.C.) Meeting. She is a graduate of Earlham School of Religion, where she first experienced spiritual direction. She has been a spiritual director for many years, and a year ago became spiritual director for Davidson Clergy Center. She completed the Spiritual Nurturer program of School of the Spirit in May 2006, and is now a core teacher for that program.
Posted in: FeaturesFriends: A Broken, Tender People?
To be led by God is to be free of the hold of fear. Fear may or may not be [ā¦]
Marge Abbott is a member of Multnomah Meeting in Portland, Oreg., and writes regularly about Quaker theology and spirituality. This article is an abstract of her latest book in progress.
Posted in: FeaturesDeep, Tall, and Wide
Iāve just arrived at the old stone house next to Amish fields where I spend the summers writing. One of [ā¦]
Marcelle Martin, a member of Chestnut Hill Meeting in Philadelphia, Pa., is a core teacher at Pendle Hill Quaker Study Center in Wallingford, Pa., for 2006-2007.
Posted in: FeaturesHow Do You Recognize a Divine Revelation?
Two years ago, Baltimore Yearly Meeting published a booklet, A Quaker Response to Christian Fundamentalism, which described beliefs typical of [ā¦]
Bruce Kellogg attends Friends Meeting of Washington (D.C.).
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June/July 2020: Membership and Friends
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An Awkward Pause by Debbie B. Ramsey
Transcending Geography by An interview with Francisco Burgos and Traci Hjelt Sullivan
Spiritual Practices for the Pandemic by Mathilda Navias
Membership and Friends
Growing Roots from a Distance by Nikki Holland
Drawing Circles, Not Lines by Sarah Katreen Hoggatt
Lapsed, Released, Let Go, Discontinued by Carolyn HillesāPilant
With Just the Door Ajar by Caroline Morris
Are You Playing Your Religionāgames by Quaker Rules? by Rhiannon Grant
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Mixed Flock by Ann McNeal
How to Attend a Quaker Meeting for the First Time by Inez Schaechterle
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The Three Gems
A famous Buddhist prayer is known as the Three Gems: I take refuge in the Buddha. I take refuge in [ā¦]
Bob Burnett is a writer, activist, and member of Strawberry Creek Meeting in Berkeley, Calif. FCNL published a pamphlet ,Finding Safety in an age of Terrorism, based on a speech by him on September 11, 2003. Some of his political articles may be found at http://www.huffingpost.com/bob-burnett
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