Category Archives: Divergent Friends

Quakerism by The book: A Tribute to Tom Hamm And A Call To His Successor Quaker Historians

  Thomas Hamm was the subject of many tributes and high praise at Earlham College this month, as he retired from more than three decades as a professor of  Quaker history and director of the school’s noted archives, built around an extensive Quaker collection. I was among those who gathered during the weekend of May … Continue reading Quakerism by The book: A Tribute to Tom Hamm And A Call To His Successor Quaker Historians →

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Renegade Quaker Theology: My Breaking Point – Summer 2011

In my last paid job, at a Quaker peace project next to an enormous military base during the height (or better, the depths) of the Iraq-Afghan wars, I spent a lot of time looking for spiritual resources for that work, and the life that went with the job. For a long time it seemed pretty hard to find any.

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Guest Post: Profile of A Renegade Quaker Artist – Edward Sorel

[NOTE: Friend Gary Sandman, of Roanoke Meeting in Virginia, has long been collecting and distributing short articles about artists and performers who are Quaker, or Quaker adjacent. His latest profile is of the longtime illustrator and artist, Edward Sorel. It was so appealing that with his permission, we are re-posting it here, with some addenda … Continue reading Guest Post: Profile of A Renegade Quaker Artist – Edward Sorel →

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