Quakers, Nonviolence & ISIS: A Dead End? A Quaker married to a non-Friend pleaded for help the other day, because her husband was very skeptical that any non-warlike response to the brutal conquests of ISIS in the the Middle East would have any chances of success. She couldn’t think of any adequate peaceful response, but … Continue reading Quakers, Nonviolence & ISIS
Quaker Talk: Only Brief Messages In Meeting?? In the “olden days,” Quaker ministers often preached long & hard. A healthy sampling thereof was taken down, and can be retrieved if one looks hard enough for them. I’m grateful for this mostly neglected lore, as a means of reaching across time, and past the notions cast … Continue reading Quaker Talk: Should Messages In Meeting Be (Very) Brief?
The Appeal of Quakerism to the Non-Mystic Can you be a Quaker in the 21st century (especially a Liberal one), and not be a mystic? Yes. And that’s been true for a LONG time. A century ago, in 1916, a noted British Friend made this case (but he was not the first or the last) … Continue reading The Appeal of Quakerism to The Non-Mystic