Plain Quaker Nurse-In
I recently read a New York Times article on the resurging phenomenon of nurse-ins, designed to highlight the lack of laws giving mothers the right to nurse in public. Little did I realize a plain...
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Twenty First Century traveling ministry: of uberQuakers, selfish Friends and...
A guest piece by Evan Welkin Shortly after finishing my second year at Guilford College, I set out to understand what brought me there. During the stressful process of deciding which college to attend,...
View ArticleConflict in meeting and the role of heartbreak and testing
A few weeks ago a newsletter brought written reports about the latest round of conflict at a local meeting that’s been fighting for the past 180 years or so. As my wife and I read through it we were a...
View ArticleBehind the scenes on corporate activism
I had the pleasure of an author chat with Jeff Perkins, executive director of Friends Fiduciary Corporation, the organization that provides financial services to Quaker meetings and is on the...
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“My secretary just walked in wearing pants…. and she looks terrific!” and...
My mother’s death notice is in today’s Philadelphia Inquirer. Here’s another installation of mom stories, originally written for a longer obituary than the one running in today’s paper. A single...
View ArticleAvoiding Plain Dress Designer Clothing
A guest piece by “David,” originally posted on the Plain and Modest Dress Yahoo Group. From: “mquadd” <mquadd@y…> Date: Wed Jul 21, 2004 Subject: Introduction and questions Hi. My name is David...
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Quakers acting badly
Friends don’t have a particularly good track record with regards to controversy. There’s no reason we need to pretend to be talking historically. We’ve had two major yearly meetings break up in this...
View ArticleThe Lost Quaker Generation
The other day I had lunch with an old friend of mine, a thirty-something Quaker very involved in nation-wide pacifist organizing. I had lost touch with him after he entered a federal jail for...
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What makes a Quaker meeting house?
An Atlantic County Methodist Episcopal Meetinghouse. Picture from NJChurschape One of my favorite sites is the amazing NJChurchscape.com—that’s New Jersey Churchscapes, put together largely through the...
View ArticleAvoiding Plain Dress Designer Clothing
A guest piece by “David,” originally posted on the Plain and Modest Dress Yahoo Group. From: “mquadd” <mquadd@y…> Date: Wed Jul 21, 2004 Subject: Introduction and questions Hi. My name is David...
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Barking up the family tree
There’s a number of common gateways for seekers to discover Quakers–activism is a common one (see last week’s QuakerSpeak interview with Lina Blount), as is plain dress (my posts on the topic are my...
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Jessica Hubbard-Bailey: The Future Is Accessible
The producer of the Young Quaker Podcast looks back at the lessons of their much-publicized silent podcast: At almost 3,000 downloads and counting, the podcast could be considered one of the biggest...
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Ministers, elders, and overseers
From Jnana Hodson, a listing of three types of offices in traditional Quaker meetings: Traditionally, Quaker meetings recognized and nurtured individuals who had spiritual gifts as ministers, elders,...
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Kindertransport survivors call for routes to sanctuary for child refugees
At an 80th anniversary of the UK kindertransport program (which we read about a few days ago), survivors and Friends call for wider support for today’s refugees and asylum seekers: Helen Drewery, Head...
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Liberty of the Spirit
Every once in awhile a QuakerSpeak video comes along that reminds me why I was blown away when I first got to know Quakers. Ayesha Imani talks about the first time she worshiped with Friends: I thought...
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