Category: Friends Journal
Posts that reference Friends Journal, or redirect people there for further reading.
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Quaker A-Z: L is for Listening
Listening is a vital skill for anyone hoping to run a meeting of any type. In a Quaker Meeting for Worship for Business (MfWfB) there is an agreed agenda and the clerk will have planned the order to allow time for reflective silence. These spaces are scheduled between spoken presentations, contributions or questions. That silence
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Quaker Testimony of Truth – Lifecycles of a meeting
Let’s explore the lifecycles of a meeting within the Quaker Testimony of Truth. Quaker history and its associated buildings are precious to me. This won’t surprise anyone who knows me – I feel that Quaker meeting houses (or any faith-owned building) give a worshipping community a sense of place in the local area. The building
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Quakers A-Z: A is for Authority
Photo by Pete Alexopoulos on Unsplash Authority is something that people often don’t like to accept. Quakers can confuse the idea that everyone is equal before G-D, with the idea that they aren’t leaders or people with authority. Instead, the Quaker business method and Quaker nominations, with time-limited role appointments, are ultimately there to help
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Qf&p Chapter 23: Social Responsibility
This chapter is the first in the calendar to read through. It contains the following sections: Faith in Action Corporate Responsibility Social Responsibility – poverty and house; slavery; torture; discrimination and disadvantage The Individual and the Community – work and economic affairs; education Friends and state authority – conscription; crime and punishment Fifteen passages have
