Quakerism Today

Singing among FGC Friends

Quaker disciplines in the mid-19th century criticized instrumental and choral music as frivolous, "worldly" recreation that led Friends away from…

The Friendly Gangstaz Committee

Ladies and Gentlemen, brothers and sisters, Quakaz and Gangstaz: You are witnessing a revolution in the Religious Society of Friends.…

Racial Wounding at the Gathering

I arrived in Bloomington/Normal, Illinois, excited to be attending Friends General Conference’s Gathering and looking forward to a week filled…

Can Friends Come Together in the Search for Peace?

I am writing this because I was very moved by the articles of Mary Lord and Arthur Rifkin in the…

Authority

In a meeting for worship in the early 1940s a young woman, fairly new to Friends, felt the irresistible urge…

Firbank Fell's Challenge for 21st Century Quakerism

Sunday, June 13, 1652, about 1,000 people gathered on an isolated hillside in rural northern England to listen to a…

As We Seek to do God's Will, How Much of Modern Culture Should We Incorporate?

Not since 1946, when I was a senior at Westtown (Pa.) Friends School and attended Philadelphia Yearly Meeting sessions, have…

Reclaiming Baptism

Nothing becomes a cliché faster than the truth. An insightful or witty person will find a new turn of phrase…

Why I am Leaving Quakers

When I joined Friends 58 years ago, I felt integrated into my meeting. Quakers enveloped me and permeated me; I…

The Quaker Sweat Lodge

My experience growing up in a Quaker meeting has been, in part, the catalyst for my present ministry with youth.…

Seeking Light in Dark Times

The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness,…

Life in the Meeting: State of the Meeting Reports

Many monthly meetings go through an annual process in the spring of assessing the spiritual condition of their fellowships, their…
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