By Chuck Fager Dear Friends, One of the finest, most eloquent ministers of this generation of liberal Quakers has left us. William J. “Bill” Kreidler, of Beacon Hill Meeting in Boston, died on June 10, 2000. This is a time to mourn, and also a time to remember, and to pay tribute, which is what … Continue reading Bill Kreidler: A Personal Tribute
The 1989 Friends Ministers Conference was the fourth in a series that were held every five years. The event had started out as the Friends Pastors Conference, but this was changed for the 1984 gathering in a bow to traditional Quaker nomenclature, and to accommodate the sensibilities of the handful of attenders who came from … Continue reading Fleecing The Faithful – Prelude: Down the Garden Path & Opening Pandora’s Box
Q. Did you [Delbert Vaughan, then President of the Houston Graduate School of Theology] or your Board know about the 1991 Cease and Desist orders when they got the deposit from North Carolina Yearly Meeting?
A. I wouldn’t dare tell you yes or no. We knew what we were doing….I hope you don’t put out any indication that we didn’t know what we were doing. Our Board of Directors knew what they were doing. There was total information by the Board….I don’t want our school publicized with something that’s wrong or irregular or where we didn’t know what we were doing….I’d just as soon you left our school out of this. (repeated several times)…We all respect our school, it’s been a good school, a clean school, we don’t want to be hurt by any news, worthy or unworthy.” . . .
A Friendly Letter Since 1981: Quaker stuff, civil rights and other issues, hopeless causes, jokes, photos, stories Our Motto: “And it’s all right, even if you’re old and gray, ‘Cuz it’s all right, you still got something to say . . .” –Traveling Wilburys Chuck Fager — Writer, Editor Fleecing The Faithful: An Exclusive … Continue reading Fleecing The Faithful: An Exclusive In-Depth Investigative Report