This post began as a comment on Liz Opp’s blog about pride and privilege. Lord knows I have plenty of opportunities to work on my own struggles with both. But what I really wanted to address was her admission that it surprised her to read about...

This is my annual report to SF Monthly Meeting. SFMM appointed a clearness committee for me in late 2006, and my anchor committee began meeting with me in January 2007. In November of 2007, the meeting approved a traveling minute. (For more...

Last month I was asked by the clerk of my Quarterly Meeting to say a few words about the essentials of Quaker practice. In preparation I asked a few Friends what they thought were the essentials. One Friend had a concise and concrete list which I...

It seems to me that sometimes church is about theology and sometimes it’s about covered dishes. We need to talk about what we think and what we believe (all of us some of the time and some of us a lot of the time) AND we need to bring meals to...

I'm supposed to write about Climate Change because I signed up to be part of Blog Action Day today. But really, I want to write about something that happened last Thursday. I went to the Quaker Vigil for Peace and Justice at noon in front of the...