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Worship
Fidgeting in Worship
A Friend shares his process of settling into worship: "As I sit in meeting, I use prayer as a way…
Words, Silence, and the Body in Quaker Worship
I have loved the work of Rex Ambler, the English Quaker who has developed Experiment with Light groups, among other…
The Way We Sit in Meeting for Worship
Sitting is essential to life as a primate. The fact that we have the ischial tuberosity—the "sitz bone"—is perhaps as…
Quaker College Intervisitation
The Quaker Community of Haverford College (QuaC) hosted 16 students from Earlham College and George Fox University in September 2010…
An Experience of Silent Worship
A woman sits in the circle, waiting, hands resting in her lap. A burgundy wool shawl flows over her shoulders,…
Eldering: A Legacy
When I arrived in Champaign, Illinois, in 1963, I made my way to the Friends meeting the very first Sunday.…
Rolling Through Fox Country
In September 2010, I was privileged to organize a tour of Fox country for a group from my yearly meeting.…
Reading During Meeting for Worship
On occasion, our meeting discusses the propriety of reading during meeting for worship. Some people do. They read Friends Journal,…
Deepening Our Middle School Meeting for Worship
When, as a teacher, I first attended meeting for worship at Carolina Friends Middle School (CFS) almost 13 years ago,…
Spring Friends Meeting: A Success Story
A Friend and I were working in the basement of the Hege Library at Guilford College, sorting books for the…
Meeting the Seventh-day Adventists
Five years ago, a spiritual friend and I visited a couple of Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) churches, where Adventism piqued my…
Four Pillars of Meeting for Business
In May 2007, the board of the School of the Spirit Ministries, on which I was serving, was in the…
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