Signs of the Times: > a crowded Colorado restaurant on Mother’s’ Day. > Jam-packed taverns in Wisconsin. > Dr. Fauci sidelined in the White House, as pundits speculate on when he’ll be fired. Upshot: the lockdown season is ending, not with a bang, but a whimper— many whimpers, if anyone will still listen to those … Continue reading The Viral Turning Point, and After
In a time of all-encompassing catastrophe, bad news comes at us from all directions. But insight can come from anywhere as well. There’s much of this in an editorial in the April 17-30 issue of the liberal Catholic paper, the National Catholic Reporter, (NCR) entitled “Catholics and Trump, a reckoning.” I believe it calls for … Continue reading A Catholic Reckoning? How about an Evangelical Quaker Reckoning?
In late January, a post here described the struggle between the Evangelical Friends Church Southwest (EFCSW) and the small Friends Community Church of Midway City, in Orange County near Los Angeles. EFCSW’s Board of Elders decided to close the Midway City church, and fire its pastor, Joe Pfeiffer. The Elders acted after several homeless people … Continue reading Quaker David & Goliath, Cont.: Now David Makes his Case
A headline from the Greensboro NC News & Record: With its campus closed, Guilford College furloughs more than 130 employees Furloughs were ordered in all campus areas except among professors, who are teaching classes remotely through May. John Newsom. News & Record April 3, 2020 GREENSBORO — Its campus empty through the rest of the … Continue reading Quaker Colleges & another Corona Crisis
The Quaker Widow, By Bayard Taylor THEE finds me in the garden, Hannah,—come in! ’T is kind of theeTo wait until the Friends were gone, who came to comfort me.The still and quiet company a peace may give, indeed,But blessed is the single heart that comes to us at need. Come, sit thee down! Here … Continue reading “The Quaker Widow”: A diverting poem for our moment?