Fleecing The Faithful– Updates (To read the full text of the report, click here.) [Note: Some links in these reports from 1998-99 have expired.] January 1998: A Friendly Letter Returns, With an Exclusive In-Depth Investigative Report: A Tale of Two Scams: Scam #1: The Productions Plus Scandal Stranger than Fiction: The Weird Cast of Productions … Continue reading “Fleecing The Faithful”: Court and Trial Updates
Finishing the new book Annice Carter’s Life of Quaker Service, my first query was: What if Annice Carter had ever learned to make bagels? Could that have changed history in the Middle East? She had the training and experience. With her college degree in Home Economics, cooking, including for large groups, was one of her … Continue reading A Cautionary Tale and an Inspiration? The “Life of Quaker Service” of Annice carter
From Reading Religion: The End of Public Execution Race, Religion, and Punishment in the American South By: Michael Ayers Trotti 266 Pages — $32.95 Published By: University of North Carolina Press Michael Ayers Trotti’s The End of Public Execution: Race, Religion, and Punishment in the American South opens with a short transcription of a newspaper … Continue reading When Hanging Wasn’t Brutal Enough for Black Prisoners: Southern Whites Brought In “Old Sparky”
The total number of splits in American Quakerdom since 2000 has just gone from five to six. And signs of more trouble are on the horizon. Indiana Yearly Meeting (IYM), which saw eighteen of its meetings expelled or withdraw in 2013, has now pushed its separatism further by leaving Friends United Meeting. But IYM … Continue reading Another Quaker Breakup: Indiana YM “Quits” FUM (Sort of)- Wants to Take Africa Missions With It
AP News: Some critics see Trump’s behavior as un-Christian. His conservative Christian backers see a hero BY DAVID CRARY — July 22, 2023 For eight years, Donald Trump has managed to secure the support of many evangelical and conservative Christians despite behavior that often seemed at odds with teachings espoused by Christ in the Gospels. … Continue reading Indictments, Schmindictments: Trump’s Still a Hero to “Christian” Supporters