Category Archives: Stories-Quaker

Coming June 19, “Tell It Slant”: The Author Speaks

A Preview “A life generously served on wry with plenty of mustard and no cheese, Emma Lapsansky-Werner’s compilation with Chuck Fager on his eighty years captures his unique synthesis of investigative journalism with religious concern, activist engagement with theological reflection, Quaker identity with wide-ranging, empathetic identifications. Chuck’s story traces an engaging trajectory through our era, … Continue reading Coming June 19, “Tell It Slant”: The Author Speaks →

They’re Making an (Anti-Woke) Example of Quakers in their “Christian” School:

[NOTE: This prominent article mentions Quakers 12 times, 11 times favorably. What do Friends think of that?]] Washington Post They quit liberal public schools. Now they teach kids to be anti-‘woke.’ By Hannah Natanson — April 15, 2024 Kali Fontanilla used to teach public school in California. Now she leads her own online Christian … Continue reading They’re Making an (Anti-Woke) Example of Quakers in their “Christian” School: →

”All God’s Critters Got a Place In the Choir”–But Sometimes They have to Make (or Change) It

”All God’s Critters Got a Place In the Choir.” And being in the choir is work. I’m not much for singing gospel songs; but Bill Staines, who wrote this one, was more of a folkie, and his tune, “All God’s Critters” is more folk than (Lord help us) “praise” music. But whatever the genre, I’m … Continue reading ”All God’s Critters Got a Place In the Choir”–But Sometimes They have to Make (or Change) It →

A Story. Could I get it published in Florida this year? Probably not. Maybe Not New York Either?

According to some of what I read and hear these days, I definitely should not have written this story, about a young slave girl and the Quaker saint John Woolman. Why not? Mostly because of what I wasn’t: I wasn’t a girl (& never had been); wasn’t a slave (or even an enslaver, for that … Continue reading A Story. Could I get it published in Florida this year? Probably not. Maybe Not New York Either? →

The Island of Two Stories: Part Four of Four

FOUR: Bringing Them, Home, and Bringing It Back Part One is here. Part Two is here. Part Three is here. While on Nantucket, I managed to draft about sixty pages of my Quaker novel, and several episodes of the quilt story, before cash ran too low for more room rent. Than I had reluctantly taken … Continue reading The Island of Two Stories: Part Four of Four →