Following up the earlier post about the involvement of FGC poohbahs with the impending Wichita YAF gathering, with its restrictive dress code and suppressive agenda. I mentioned a minute adopted by the FGC Central Committee trumpeting their undying support for LGBTQ Friends — a commitment that utterly contradicts the Wichita gathering’s spirit and legalistic rules.
It’s not enough that the Young Adult Friends Conference in Wichita has saddled itself with a backward-looking, repressive code of conduct and controlled agenda, which has been criticized here before. (See here and here.) Now it’s come to us, from a reliable source, that there is high-level involvement in the process from the liberal Friends … Continue reading The Wichita YAF Conference Plot Gets Thicker – Is FGC Involved?
Just back from the printer on April 19 2010: Study War Some More (If You Want To Work for Peace) presents a new strategic approach to peace work, based on 40-plus years of experience at Quaker House, up close with the Military Industrial Complex. Seven concise chapters, 60 pages, with discussion questions. More information at … Continue reading Now Ready: “New Peace Booklet from Quaker House
Had a great visit this First Day at Fairfield Friends, near Indianapolis. Fairfield is a small town Hoosier Quaker congregation, famous as the locale of a series of best-selling novels by its pastor. Phil Gulley. More on Phil and these books here
[Not] Cutting the Mustard in Virginia April 2010 Took a trip to Indiana, and in SW Virginia this field suddenly appeared along I-77 & I-81. Had to swing around, find the access road, and get some shots. Wish I was a better photographer.