Some Quaker FAQs, For New Friends & the “Quaker Curious” Part 1 A few years back, a young Friend told me about a church which is near her home. She had high school friends who went there, and they had invited her to visit. They had also been asking her about what Quakers believe, and … Continue reading A Series: Some Quaker FAQs, For New & Curious Friends
So. The registration info for the 2010 Young adult Friends (YAF) Conference in Wichita is now online. As a preliminary, there’s a two-page statements of “expectations” and rules. The complete text is below. But some particular items deserve special attention, and I wonder what others think of them. I won’t be shy about my reactions. … Continue reading Not Acting Their Age In Wichita — YAF Conference 2010
There was an amazing post yesterday on the pitfalls of “mysticism” and pop occultism, by the always enlightening human rights attorney Scott Horton. It’s on his always worthwhile “No Comment” blog at the Harpers magazine site. It makes points that ought to give many Quaker aficionados of that “mystic” path pause, an occasion to take … Continue reading Mysticism, Schmysticism; Quakers, Pay Attention!
One could almost set one’s clock by it. Mention Quakers and class, and one will shortly be eldered, either by N. Jeanne Burns, or in my case, by her partner, Liz Oppenheimer. This time it was Liz, who commented thus:
The American Friends Service Committee will soon be picking its new General Secretary. On its website, the date for submitting resumes is late in March. Presumably it will be a few months after that before a final selection is announced. My guess would be they’d want to make it in time for summer, so the … Continue reading AFSC’s Next Boss: You Heard It here First