by Rosa Ostrom   Earlham students and faculty met with a contingent of students from Haverford College on Saturday, Nov. 14, to discuss how each school incorporates Quaker values into their establishment. The seven students from Haverford were visiting Earlham as part of a grant they received this past January. With the grant money, they chose to do

... aspects of our history and spiritual tradition. Perhaps the most important aspect of Quakerism that is likely to have a new relevance during a prolonged period of economic decline and diminishing material ... reconciliation, and speaking Truth to power, as this becomes more urgent and costly than ever. Quakerism may once again be led to become a subversive force within British society – offering ...

... the Society, and strive to reform these abuses. But we were few in number; and the great body of Quakerism in the country was against us. Our lips were sealed in the meetings, and out of our meetings we were in disgrace. -" ... weight and equality of the institutional status quo, the "great body of Quakerism"... I can only urge faith and gentleness of people who profess the same. Thine ...

... deeply rooted within the historical practices and theology of Friends. If there was any question whether the heartbeat of Quakerism still had a pulse, FFC has shown that the tradition is not just alive, it is kicking: the Quaker faith is indeed fit for the 21st century. This kind of hybrid Quakerism, this remix of tradition and innovation, is a promising future for the Friends Church. Their ...

... wonder if not finding such an answer might one day lead me away from Quakerism. It is not that other Friends do not feel this yearning. I have heard other Friends voice such a ... I have heard many Friends speak of this desire, sometimes with great urgency. What I am not seeing is Quakerism as a community rising to the challenge of supporting that need. In other denominations and other religions ...

... I have been thinking about that conversation recently.  I do not believe that the future of Quakerism depends on me.  I am sure that even if I left tomorrow, Friends would go on ... practicestalking about God and how we see God at work in our livestalking about what is meaningful in Quakerism and why we are heretrying to be a covenant communitytaking risksoutreachwaiting individually and ...

... with their very lives.  Jesus did not coddle anyone and neither do I.     What spurred me to speak this morning is a phenomenon that I see in liberal, often unprogrammed Quakerism.  I suppose if I were to be completely honest, I could expand the scope to include many people I have known who are members of religious liberal faith groups who place a particular emphasis on ...

... opposition is forgotten, even though it tied in very well then, and ties in very well now, with the position of the Papacy from and to which overtures are being made. And so one could go on. Quakerism, Primitive Methodism, and both the "Western Use" (Tridentinising, yet often Communist) and "English Use" (Mediaeval reconstructionist, yet association with which was one of the ...

... in the pews to speak and no mention of such Quaker testimonies as simplicity, peace or equality. I was told that the church offers communion four times a year, which would also put it outside historic Quakerism. The service was simple and non-liturgical, but if the word "Friends" was taken from the name, I would have assumed it was a non-denominational "low" church. It was a ...

... . Lucretia Mott was one of the first Quaker women to do advocacy work for abolition. She and her husband followed Elias Hicks in the "Great Separation" of American Quakerism in 1827 into the more liberal and mystical Hicksite branch, and the more evangelical and conservative Orthodox branch. Mott's letters reflect her regular travels in the mid-nineteenth century throughout the ...

... can't pay someone else to do. I don't think it's reasonable to trade babysitting with total strangers who happen to live near me but with whom I have no other connection (such as mutual friends or Quakerism or Paganism) for help around the house or meals while Sue's recovering from major surgery. I don't think it's reasonable, three days before surgery, to go knocking on ...

... maker, George Cadbury, himself a Quaker, and has, since 1903, provided education for those of any faith or none from around the world. Education has always been based around exploring Quakerism and the themes of interest to Quakers, such as Peace and Reconciliation, Quaker History and Spiritual Journeys. Today Woodbrooke also welcomes many visitors wishing to use our facilities for their ...

... the years. When we met in high school, I began taking her to meeting (what Quakers call church). By college, she had chosen to be a convinced Quaker. I love that instead of "converting" to Quakerism, one is "convinced". Before we were married under the care of Brook.lyn Meet.ing, I transferred my membership and she became a member. X, as the son of two members in good standing ...

... an attitude and includes many who were doing the work long before Robin Mohr's October 2006 Friends Journal article brought it to wider attention. Techniques for Teaching the Bible and Quakerism The most useful part of Max's talk was the end, where he shared what he thought were lessons of the Quaker Leadership Scholars Program. He Demystify the Bible: a great percentage of incoming ...

... and then repeat weekly at a worship service. It is an experience of discovery which starts the discoverer on a journey which is life-long. The discovery in itself is not uniquely a property of Quakerism. It is as old as Christianity, and considerably older if you share the belief that many have known Christ who have not known His name. What is unique to the Religious Society of Friends is its ...