As I understand it, the central Quaker commitment is to listen to the Spiritās promptings and act faithfully in accordance [ā¦]
Tag Archives | Relationships
Sexual Ethics: What Is Our Goal?
Joanna Hoyt, a member of Portland (Maine) Meeting, has worked and worshiped for the last eight years at St. Francis Farm, a community in upstate New York that practices an alternative to the consumer culture through prayer, sustainable agriculture/forestry, and presence and assistance to neighbors.
Posted in: FeaturesDifferences along the Path towards Equal Marriage
When seeking inclusivity in marriage minutes, it is tempting to focus on similarities between sameāsex and oppositeāsex couples. There are [ā¦]
Annika Fjelstad lives with her spouse, Heather Ferguson, and their two elementary-school-age children. They have spent the past two years as sojourning members of Monteverde Meeting, Costa Rica, where Annika serves as director of Monteverde Friends School.
Posted in: FeaturesTwo Moms Are Better than One
Finally, the conductor collected our train tickets. āGood. Everyoneās straight now,ā he said. āIām not,ā replied my mother. The conductor [ā¦]
Christina "Nina" Huether-Burns was welcomed into Pittsburgh (Pa.) Meeting as a toddler. She currently attends various meetings in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area. Her interests are in human rights, education, working with children, Spanish, and community development. A senior at The Barrie School, she wrote this as her college application essay. She plans to attend Earlham College.
Posted in: FeaturesWhen My Meeting Had My Back
Bitter laughter isnāt my usual response when I look into my new issue of Friends Journal, but a few years [ā¦]
Dee Birch Cameron, a member of El Paso (Tex.) Meeting, is a librarian and often acts in a community theater.
Posted in: FeaturesDivine Love in Action
I first met Michael Baldwin and Uriel Orellano when they attended a Couple Enrichment workshop led by my husband and [ā¦]
Joan Liversidge is a member of Sandy Spring (Md.) Meeting. She and her husband, Rich, serve as leaders and trainers of new leader couples in Friends General Conference's Couple Enrichment Program.
Posted in: FeaturesFGCās Couple Enrichment Program
Friends General Conferenceās Couple Enrichment Program is a ministry of couples who, recognizing the divine center of committed relationships, support [ā¦]
Brad Sheeks is a member of Central Philadelphia (Pa.) Meeting. He and his wife, Patricia McBee, serve as leaders and trainers of new leader couples in Friends General Conference's Couple Enrichment Program.
Posted in: FeaturesClearness Committees at the Crossroads of Our Working Lives
The fork in the roadāitās an experience that affects many of us at one time or another in the course [ā¦]
William Charland is a member of Gila Meeting in Silver City, N.Mex., where he serves as convener of the Ministry and Oversight Committee. He is the author of Life-Work: A Career Guide for Idealists, and a novel, Soundings.
Posted in: FeaturesGifts of Eldering
I had planned this year to take a break from FGC Gathering. Polly, my partner of 27 years, couldnāt come [ā¦]
Wendy C. Sanford, a member of Friends Meeting at Cambridge (Mass.), is a writer, editor, and longtime co-author of Our Bodies, Ourselves. Her thanks go to Melody Brazo and Polly Attwood for their leadership and support.
Posted in: FeaturesSharing about Personal Faith
My first FWCC experience was the 1999 Section of the Americas Annual Meeting in Whittier, California. The theological and cultural [ā¦]
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June/July 2020: Membership and Friends
Features
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
Poetry
Mixed Flock by Ann McNeal
How to Attend a Quaker Meeting for the First Time by Inez Schaechterle
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