Quakers in Britain have agreed to boycott products from the Israeli settlements in the West Bank. The settlements are illegal under international law. Quakers consider that this boycott is a…
I am from one of few countries in the world (Czech Republic), where majority of people do not have any religious affiliation. I started to search [and] found something about Quakers (reading for…
It is difficult to provide a quality education, Quaker or not, inexpensively. Does that undercut the possibility of living with simplicity? Certainly it makes it more difficult. But education is…
I am under the impression that the first generation of Quakers believed that Jesus had already returned to earth and in the form of the Spirit of Christ he had come to teach his people himself….
So we decided to try something different: a Quaker gathering with no workshops, no plenary speakers, no staff, as little overhead as possible, and lots of time to be present to each other and to…
David and Linda were the only publicly professed Christian in the city. (Some Iranians who were Christian preferred not to reveal their religious views for political and social reasons.) The Wolfs…
So what are the possible implications of having two Friends, previously or currently active in blogging—not to mention Twitter—at the servant-leadership helm of groups such as FGC and FWCC…
Blogs and social networks are Quakerly because they help build community. Because social networks are interactive, they help people stay in touch who are separated geographically. They bring…
No matter how uncomfortable the Easter story may make us, and no matter how hard we try to avoid its message, it cannot be denied that the death and resurrection of Christ is crucial to an…
Afterwards, I co-facilitated a workshop on clerking for about 20 Friends. It was organized by the meeting’s Outreach and Nurture Committee (great name!). It was a good experience, and so I share…
For my field assignment I ventured to the land of Quakers. At first to be quite honest I thought that the Quaker religion was very much like Amish and expected it and the people to be very strict;…
Our vision is to see a true Quaker church that resembles Jesus’ teachings. We know that Jesus came to give freedom (Luke 4:18) and life (John 10:10). We want to be light among darkness and to let…
When I hear about “revitalization”, I think it would be helpful for us to also consider what inspires us and excites us about how the world could be that flows from our passions for our beliefs….
This special issue of Western Friend focuses on lifting up the written ministry of Quaker bloggers in the West! As such, almost all of the content of this issue is available online.
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Our project to create a Quaker Christian worship group in Seville, Spain, has emerged in this complex context. While I believe that Liberal Quakerism could certainly be successful in Spain, and in…
