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An Experience of Silent Worship
Joy Belle Conrad-Rice is a member of Vernon Meeting in Kelowna, B.C., Canada.
Posted in: FeaturesLearning to Speak Community
Last fall in a Quakerism 101 group I facilitated at Cincinnati Friends Meeting, a Friend spoke of a recent conversation […]
Donne Hayden, MDiv, graduated from Earlham School of Religion in 2006. Since July 2008 she has served as minister for Cincinnati (Ohio) Meeting, a semi-programmed meeting in Wilmington Yearly Meeting.
Posted in: FeaturesAn Unspoken Message
As often happens in the silence of meeting for worship, I felt a message coming within me, which was not […]
Peter Lang is a member of Chatham-Summit (N.J.) Meeting.
Posted in: FeaturesPentecost Sunday in Quaker Meeting
In spite of walking in the cold rain after meeting for worship on Pentecost Sunday, I smiled. I enjoy meeting […]
Alan Kolp is a member of First Friends Meeting in Richmond, Ind., and attends Cleveland (Ohio) Meeting.
Posted in: FeaturesA Case for Eldering and Discipline
Modern Friends are often uncomfortable with the term eldering. It conjures up negative images of scolding old men wagging their […]
Herb Lape is a member of Westbury (N.Y.) Meeting where he is currently clerk. He teaches history and government at Friends Academy on Long Island.
Posted in: FeaturesWhy the World Needs Quaker Meeting
Sometimes we hated it. Passing through the large white doors of the Assembly Hall, our restive, unruly class somehow transforms […]
David Hahn, a composer, lives in Seattle, Wash. He wrote this essay while reminiscing about his school days at William Penn Charter School in Philadelphia.
Posted in: FeaturesMy Journey among Friends
I found the Religious Society of Friends when I was in middle school. An unpopular, misunderstood, “sensitive” child, I didn’t […]
Kevin-Douglas G. Olive is a member of Baltimore (Md.) Meeting-Homewood, and attends Seton Hill Worship Group in Baltimore. A French teacher, he is a member of Friends General Conference's Advancement and Outreach Committee.
Posted in: FeaturesA Practice of Such Gentle Collective Ecstasy
I have come early to Friends meeting this morning. I sit alone in a room that is sparse and welcoming, […]
Nathaniel Mahlberg attends Santa Fe (N. Mex.) Meeting. He writes, plays the violin in a band, and works at an independent bookstore. He also coordinates truth in military recruiting activities with the Veterans for Peace chapter in Santa Fe.
Posted in: FeaturesFinding My Center: Reflections from a Term at Pendle Hill
“Waiting upon the Lord in silence”—what an odd phrase, I thought—when, in my Moravian tradition, you sang praises to God […]
Patricia Smith is a member of Claremont (Calif.) Meeting.
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Life at Lumakanda Friends Church by David Zarembka
Silent Journeys of Quakers from Hill House by Kumah Drah
Leadings of the Spirit by Rommel Roberts, Robin Roberts, and Lark Worth
Empowering Women against Gender‐based Violence by Parfaite Ntahuba
The Place of God’s Own Choosing by Eden Grace
Quaker Christianity in Kenya by Stanley Chagala Ngesa
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Quaker Silence in Community by Pat Meehan
Spelunking: What My Father Taught Me About the Light by Geoff Knowlton
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