Do it yourself and don’t get stuck
This weekend was the long-prepared New Monastics and Convergent Friends weekend at Pendle Hill, co-led by myself and Wess Daniels, with very helpful eldership from Ashley W. As I posted afterwards on...
View ArticleA traveling bus museum visits Quakerranter HQ
This weekend we’ve had a museum parked in our driveway. It’s the “BUS-eum” from the Traces Center for History and Culture in St. Paul, hosting a traveling exhibit on German POW’s in the US during...
View ArticleOpening Doors and Moving on Up
Friends General Conference has announced that Barry Crossno will be their new incoming General Secretary. Old time bloggers will remember him as the blogger behind The Quaker Dharma. FGC’s just...
View ArticleNew Monastics & Convergent Friends update
My workshop partner Wess Daniels just posted an update about the upcoming workshop at Pendle Hill. Here’s the start. Click through to the full post to get a taste of what we’re preparing. Martin Kelley...
View ArticleRemembering George Willoughby
There’s a nice remembrance of George Willoughby by the Brandywine Peace Community’s Bob Smith over on the War Resisters International site. George died a few days ago at the age of 95 [updated]. It’s...
View ArticleMovement for a New Society and the Old New Monastics
Robin wrote a little about the New Monastic movement in a plug for the Pendle Hill workshop I’m doing with Wess Daniels this Fall. Here’s my working theory: I think Liberal Friends have a good claim to...
View ArticleBetsy Blake and “He Lives!” at Pendle Hill
A busy Quaker week. On Tuesday I heard North Carolina Friend Betsy Blake give a talk called “He Lives” at Pendle Hill, the story of how “Jesus has been her rock” to quote from the program description....
View ArticleThe new traveling ministries
Quakers are a bit infamous for our opaque acronyms but FWCC’s is worth remembering. The Friends World Committee for Consultation bridges together Friends across theological and geographic distances....
View ArticleThe peace of Christ for those with ears to hear
Over on Quaker Oats Live, Cherice is fired up about taxes again and proposing a peace witness for next year: My solution: Quakers, Mennonites, Brethren, and whomever else wants to participate refuses...
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