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Selecting a Committee Clerk
Over the years in the life of monthly meetings in which I have participated, it has been a usual practice…
The Sabbath Year at Central Philadelphia Meeting
“The Sabbath year has been unfolding so wonderfully. . . . I feel like we are growing and sprouting individually…
Experiences with Sabbath and Jubilee Years
Over time, the vitality of a Quaker meeting will naturally ebb and flow. Friends tend to measure a meeting’s vitality…
For Where Your Treasure Is, There Will Your Heart Be Also
Do not lay up for yourselves treasures upon Earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and…
The Benches of Cobscook (Maine) Meeting
There are five antique Quaker benches at Cobscook (Maine) Meeting. At this point they are in various stages of disrepair.…
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…
Rites of Passage into Adulthood
This year, our small meeting (about 25 attenders of all ages per week) began a new practice—celebrating the coming of…
Towards a Peaceable Community: An Invitation to Co- Creation
Being a Quaker is my primary identity, and I consider my monthly meeting to be my primary community. My devotion…
Moving toward Wholeness: Addressing Race among Friends
George Fox admonished Friends "to know one another in that which is eternal." In building our communities and in providing…
Addressing Race in Red Cedar Meeting
In the early 1990s I began attending Red Cedar Meeting in East Lansing, Michigan, with my then partner Deborah, an…
Discovering Fellowship among African American Friends
In 1992, shortly after I joined Sandy Spring (Md.) Meeting and officially became a Quaker, it was announced on public…
Friends, Race, and Systemic Change
In preparation for being a part of your discussion on the important work against racism, I have read the material…
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