A sign of the times: Earlier this month, two things happened the same day. First, a friend sold all twelve volumes of my set of The Interpreter’s Bible. This was an old favorite, a set I bought in 1980 for about $350. Sent off for it, waited a few weeks, and it came in a … Continue reading By the Book; Buy the Book; Bye (bye) the Book . . . .
Yes, hardly is one post about the Great Quaker Turnover done and posted, than more openings arrive. I’m not trying to be an employment agency here; but them who have ears to hear, let them hear. The big one here it’s the Quaker UN Office in Geneva that’s looking for a Director, based in Geneva. … Continue reading Even More Great Quaker Turnover: Jobs Across The Pond
The thesis in the first two parts of this discussion comes down to this: The Quaker “brand” is in trouble. Thus AFSC, as an organization which depends on the support generated by this “brand,” is likewise in trouble, and this trouble goes beyond the adverse impact of the financial crash. To get through this trouble, … Continue reading AFSC & Friends – Part III: Down & Dirty With Compost Theology
We mentioned briefly in our first post about this that Friends United Meeting was likely on the list for a change of leadership. The details of that are at the FUM website (scroll down to the link to the Memo from the Executive Committee), and applications are due by September 1.
On June 11, at Southern Appalachian Yearly Meeting (SAYMA), I heard a rising young Friend, Christina Repoley, talk about her longtime leading to see the creation of a new Friends service program, to be called Quaker Voluntary Service, or QVS.