LGBTQ+ Friends

Made in the Image of God: On Being a Transgender Pastor

“Being an open transgender minister, especially in smaller communities, is not an easy thing to do,” Anthony Kirk, the pastor…
Ensemble

What’s the Difference Between a Welcoming and an Inclusive Space?

What distinguishes a welcoming Quaker meeting from one that’s profoundly inclusive? Lisa Graustein is one of several Friends who shared…
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What Brought Me to Quakerism?

One of Emma Turcotte’s teachers in high school was an Earlham alum, and he encouraged her to go there as…
Interview

Catholic to Quaker: Encountering a Holy Silence

Roberta Bothwell had spent more than a year training to become a Catholic nun when a family emergency took her…
Interview

Reframing the Book of Revelation

“Revelation doesn’t have anything to do with predicting the end of the world,” explains C. Wess Daniels. Instead, the last…
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Who was Mahala Ashley Dickerson?

Mahala Ashley Dickerson was a trailblazer for justice who fought for marginalized people her whole life. A childhood classmate of…
Interview

Am I Good Enough to Be a Quaker?

“What does it mean to me to be a bad Quaker?” Mary Linda McKinney asks. Behind that, though, is another…
Blog

Welcome to QuakerSpeak || Season 8

Welcome to QuakerSpeak—a video series from Friends Journal. We’ve been hard at work producing our eighth season of interviews with…
Blog

Top 5 QuakerSpeak Videos of 2020

2020 has been quite the year for QuakerSpeak! Throughout this year’s quarantine we posted 34 videos and reached over 3.4…
Ensemble

Do Quakers Celebrate Christmas?

Quakers believe every day is sacred, that we celebrate Christ’s birth, death, and resurrection all the time, not just at…
Interview

Following a Spirit-Led Call for Activism

“For a while,” Tenaja Henson says, “my activism looked like showing up and holding space—and I think that is just…
Ensemble

Responding to Gun Violence with 765 Flags

Gun violence is a huge social and public health crisis in the United States, including not just the mass shootings…
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