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.
This is excerpted from The Friend of London: Talking About God with Karen Armstrong ‘”We are talking far too much about God these days, and what we say is often facile.” Karen Armstrong has never been one to dodge calling a spade a spade, and last week at Friends House London, without a note, she … Continue reading Getting Way Too Cozy With God: Karen Armstrong Speaks
In the first post, I concluded by proffering a thesis: that AFSC’s relationship to the RSOF is more important to its overall financial future than the immediate numbers suggest. That is, the direct proportion of donations from Friends today may be small compared to the group’s total income. But it is the Quaker “Reputation of … Continue reading AFSC & Quakers Part II: A Brand In Trouble
Thanks to Scott Horton and his peerless “No Comment” blog, for this quote from Plato, which struck home with me today:
Martin Bell is a former BBC reporter and a former Member of the British parliament. At a recent forum on peace and security issues organized by Colchester Quakers, Martin Bell had this to say about his country’s part in the Afghanistan war: