Hello, I'm posting for a couple reasons. One is because it would be nice to see this online forum of Quakers get going again ( Read more... )

What happened to this community? I remember that it used to be fairly active. Granted, that was several years ago, but still. No new post since 2010? That seems very odd to me. I've noticed it with a lot of spiritual communities, though--they were active in the mid-2000s but now have largely dried up ( Read more... )

International Talk Like a Quaker Day is now on the radar of linguists (anthropologists who study language). My wife wrote in under my name and her question made language log: http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=2732

So go celebrate ITLaQ Day!

I don't know if anyone would be interested in this or not, but I've started a FB page to post a bit of F&P every day (ish). At the moment I plan to concentrate on Britain YM's book of discipline but I would like to look at some of the others too, and it's all food for thought, right? Leave a comment  2 

Tomorrow is International Talk Like a Quaker Day. In the spirit of Quakerism, the interpretation of what this means is left up to the individual. Tomorrow is, not coincidentally, also William Penn's birthday and United National day ( Read more... )

This is crossposted from my blog and journal, it was suggested that this may be interesting/appropriate to the community. So here goes ( Read more... )

Hello everyone.

I've been drawn to Quakerism for a while now. I've been thinking about buying a new Bible, as my old one is a "youth bible" and I'm 22. What I want to ask is this:

What particular translation of the Bible do you use? Is there a translation that is more, if you will, "Quaker-friendly" than others?

Thank you for any input you have!

- So, I am often saddened by the content of the emails I get from Christian Peacemaker Teams. This one is particularly distressing. http://bit.ly/d3X8A7

Yesterday I gave this message in Meeting for Worship ( Read more... )

Rough draft:
We at Third Haven Friends Meeting watch with horror, outrage, and immense sadness as the oil continues to flow into the Gulf of Mexico and beyond. We believe this disaster is a direct result of our society's dependence on oil, addiction to consumption, and willful ignorance of the risks associated with non-renewable resources ( Read more... )