QuakerQuaker

Living in a Time of Crisis

From Mike Farley > How can one little person make any difference in so great an issue, and in any case, how can anyone, individually or collectively, know what might make a difference? The answer seems to me to be found in the silence that lies at the heart of all we do as Friends – that lies at the heart, in fact, of all experiential faith of whatever era or persuasion.

Peterson Toscano interview

A radio interview with the Quaker performance artist and Bible scholar.

Learning To Embrace the Hybrid Jew – Forward.com

A response to a recent advice column from a birthright Friend who had converted to Judaism for her marriage:

Both-and, not either-or. Not only is this not “not being Jewish,” it’s how more and more Jews actually are Jewish today. Hybridization is a fact.

Talking about white privilege at a NY Quaker school:

The New York Times profiles race and class discussions at NYC’s Friends Seminary:

overarching theme of the day was identity, privilege and power. And it was part of a new wave of diversity efforts that some of the city’s most elite private schools are undertaking.

Prayer changes everything?

The source of prayer, from Mike Farley:

It seems to me that prayer is a word that still gives pause to Friends, as it does sometimes to those who have no religious background, or any! Prayer appears to imply – etymologically if…

The Friendly Seeker: Not Outrunning One's Light

Lynn Fitz-Hugh on leadings with unexpected outcomes:

Quakers have a saying about not out running a leading or outrunning one’s Light.  This is kind of like advanced math, in order to understand it you have to be able to understand some basic…

Reasons for the Peace Testimony

Pat Dallmann looks at changes in Quakers’ understanding of the peace testimony:

About a decade ago, I was curious about the reasons for the peace testimony and whether they had changed over time, and I so read a number of statements from different yearly meetings and other…