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Life after Death

Rhiannon Grant on Liberal Quakers’ view on the afterlife:

> Spending some more time with this idea, including during Meeting for Worship, I realised that I actually have a strong intuition against there being any form of life after death. Not only do I not think that any life which may or may not occur after death should affect my actions now (I don’t do things because I want to get into heaven or generate good karma for my next life, and nor do I accept eschatological verification), I actively think it’s unlikely, even impossible, that such a thing exists.

Friends Journal devoted an issue to [The Art of Dying and the Afterlife](https://www.friendsjournal.org/2017/art-of-dying/) a few years ago, including an [introduction I wrote](https://www.friendsjournal.org/among-friends-understanding-death-life/).

Lost Bayard Rustin interview

The Making Gay History podcast featuring Quaker Civil Rights Bayard Rustin is available now:

> The challenge we faced in telling Rustin’s story in a Making Gay History episode was the apparent absence of any recordings where he talked about his experiences as a gay man.  But thanks to the dogged researching efforts of Sara Burningham and the generosity of Rustin’s surviving partner, Walter Naegle, who recorded and saved the rare interviews Rustin gave on the subject of his sexuality, we’re able to bring this aspect of Rustin’s experience to life through his own voice.

Top 10 Quakers in fiction

Although the title gives potential readers the impression that this is yet another click-bait listicle, the article is by a Quaker novelist and starts with nice observations about Friends and creativity:

> In the light of our high ideals, it can be hard for individual Quakers not to feel inadequate. I certainly do. We’re exhorted to “let our lives speak”, and I often feel like my life doesn’t have much to say. But I am a writer. As a community that listens patiently for the truth, Quakers provide a unique place for creativity. The faith that can sit through hours of Meeting – through boredom, frustration, distraction – is the same thing that keeps me going when I’m struggling for my next idea. We worship in silence, but we’re waiting for words, which somehow gives me faith that, if I wait in front of a blank page for long enough, the right story will come.

What is Renewal?

The rise and fall of Harmonia, Battle Creek’s Spiritualist utopia

Life after Death

Decolonizing Quaker faith

Lost Bayard Rustin interview