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Memes and Humor As Ministry

“We have both had some pretty frustrating, difficult, painful experiences among Friends and we’re still Quakers,” Lucia Kalinosky says when…
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Creating a Friends Victory Garden

“I just couldn’t sit in my house and feel scared and powerless,” Avis Wanda McClinton says, thinking back to the…
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Seeing That of God In Your Children

“If you think about our testimonies—peace, simplicity, truth, and integrity,” Scott Holmes suggests, “there’s really no stronger test of those…
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A Few Favorite Aspects of Quaker Faith and Practice

For some Friends, it’s the direct, personal connection with God. Others cherish the community coming together in discernment. And some…
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What are the Quaker SPICES?

Simplicity. Peace. Integrity. Community. Equality. Stewardship. Friends talk about these “Quaker values” often, but what do they really mean? In…
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Reconnecting with Community Through Quaker Meeting

Aiham Korbage grew up in a very close-knit Muslim community in Syria. “When I came to the U.S. at the…
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The Influence of Quakers in Mental Healthcare

“We often fail to recognize that Quakers were tremendous innovators in behavioral health,” reflects Joe Pyle, president of the Thomas…
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Returning to a Quaker Education

At Westfield Friends School, “students are taught from a very young age to find power and find wisdom in the…
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Pastoring in the Society of Friends

“It was not the pastor itself George Fox, the founder of Quakerism, and the early Quakers were rebelling against,” Derek…
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The Quaker Handshake as a Sacramental Practice

Before the pandemic, the handshake was such a commonplace gesture that you’ve probably never thought much about where it came…
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The Interplay of Quakerism and Therapy

“I think being a Quaker makes me a better therapist and being a therapist makes me a better Quaker,” Hayden…
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Finding Faith in Business

Ran Smith upended his life in Austin, Texas, to run a hotel in Monteverde, Costa Rica—but he couldn’t outrun his…
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