Category Archives: Hard-Core Quaker

BREAKING QUAKER NEWS: North Carolina Schism Takes Dramatic Turns

BREAKING QUAKER NEWS: North Carolina Schism Takes Dramatic Turns Poplar Ridge Friends Meeting of Trinity, NC, the instigator of the attempted purge of “liberal” Meetings within North Carolina Yearly Meeting-FUM (NCYM), has drafted a letter addressed to “like-minded Friends,” proposing to abandon that effort, then leave NCYM and form a New Yearly Meeting, this blog … Continue reading BREAKING QUAKER NEWS: North Carolina Schism Takes Dramatic Turns →

Some Liberal Thoughts About Conservative Quakerism

Some Liberal Thoughts About Conservative Quakerism For as long as I’ve been among Friends, closing in on 50 years, there’s been a certain cachet to the Wilburite/Conservative (WC) strain, which

Vote To Put A Friendly Woman On The $20!

Put A Friendly Woman on the $20 I like this. An online campaign has taken off to bounce old Andy Jackson off the $20 bill and replace him with a woman. “Women on 20s”

The Bible Is Dangerous. Too Dangerous To Ignore.

The Bible Is Dangerous. Too Dangerous To Ignore. I did a dangerous thing yesterday: I introduced a young adult to the Bible.

Look! Piedmont Yearly Meeting Is Born!

Piedmont Friends Yearly Meeting is Born It looks calm enough, but there’s a background of controversy for the Piedmont Friends Yearly Meeting (PFYM), which was born today (Saturday March 14, 2015), after several years of preparatory work.