There was an amazing post yesterday on the pitfalls of “mysticism” and pop occultism, by the always enlightening human rights attorney Scott Horton. It’s on his always worthwhile “No Comment” blog at the Harpers magazine site. It makes points that ought to give many Quaker aficionados of that “mystic” path pause, an occasion to take … Continue reading Mysticism, Schmysticism; Quakers, Pay Attention!
One could almost set one’s clock by it. Mention Quakers and class, and one will shortly be eldered, either by N. Jeanne Burns, or in my case, by her partner, Liz Oppenheimer. This time it was Liz, who commented thus:
The American Friends Service Committee will soon be picking its new General Secretary. On its website, the date for submitting resumes is late in March. Presumably it will be a few months after that before a final selection is announced. My guess would be they’d want to make it in time for summer, so the … Continue reading AFSC’s Next Boss: You Heard It here First
Awhile back I wrote about hearing a teenage Friend talk about being asked by “Christian” peers about what Quakers believe and how it differs from other Christian and “born again” groups — and how she didn’t know how to answer.
So here it comes again: on another list, a complaint about expensive Quaker schools. Are they really “Quaker”? Don’t they sow division in meetings? Don’t they perpetuate all kinds of bad class stuff?? For the record, I never worked at one of the fancy Quaker schools; but I was briefly on the “faculty” of the … Continue reading Rant: Complaining About Fancy-Schmancy Quaker Schools