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Belonging: Quakers, Membership, and the Need to be Known
hat role does monthly meeting membership play in our understanding of faith and belonging? Can someone be a Quaker without…
Emily Higgs
Empathy
I sit quietly in meeting for worship, envisioning the Light Within and knowing that I am being held very gently…
When My Meeting Had My Back
Bitter laughter isn’t my usual response when I look into my new issue of Friends Journal, but a few years…
A 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…
A Model for Growth and Rejuvenation of Monthly Meetings
Growing up in Moorestown (N.J.) Meeting, I remember being in awe of a meetinghouse that was, at least to a…
Yo! Are You Amish?
Driving down Philadelphia’s South Street a few years ago, I was asked by a person who had pulled up next…
Can Friends of diversified thinking remain united?
What a great week the Gathering was! I felt like a country boy attending his first county fair. There were…
”Building Multigenerational Community within Monthly Meetings
One of the most powerful moments of my spiritual journey when I was growing up came when the youth director…
Recognizing that of God in each other
I was distressed by Marty Grundy’s review of Godless for God’s Sake (FJ Nov. 2006). I hear echoes of 1827…
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…
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,…
The Divine Source of Vocal Ministry
It was one of those pristine June days in New England, with bright sunshine and a steady breeze to keep…
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