Worship

The Contours of Worship

In Salt Lake Valley, where I lived for six years during the early 1990s, mountain topography and temperature differentials often…

Sardines: A Meditation on Latecomers

My favorite variation of hide-and-seek, learned in one of the many towns I lived in as a child, was called…

Callings

While I have only spoken out of the silence once, I have felt urges to speak in other parts of…

Addressing Hearing Loss among Friends

About 15 percent of people in the United States have at least mild hearing loss in their better ear; hearing…

Meetinghouse

Through the windows I watch the rainfall. It comes down gently at first, dusting the trees and benches with its…

Sit Thee Here

At the meetinghouse door the visitor met an older Friend who made him welcome with a few well-chosen words. As…

On Vocal Ministry: Two Perspectives

These words are offered as two Friends’ understanding and experience. They are not perfect or final, nor are they meant…

Brief Reflections on Quaker Practice

On "Standing in the Way" "Attend to pure wisdom and be teachable." —Advices of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting A common misconception…

Meditation, Prayer, and Worship

It wasn’t a burning bush or a lightning bolt from heaven—not common occurrences on subway trains where Cynthia was reading.…

The Life of George Fox as a Model for Meeting for Worship

Every Friends meeting for worship bears the imprint of the life of Quakerism’s founder, George Fox. The meeting begins as…

Listening from the Light

One Sunday during gathered worship there was a visitor from another meeting who gave a message that was very repetitive…

What is Worship?

Meeting for worship is the heart and center of a Quaker meeting and of being Quaker, but what do Quakers…
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