Our adventures in the USA are coming to a close. I spent this morning re-reading my blog posts of the last few months. We’ve packed a lot in! Now I’m taking time to reflect on this first stage of our ‘purposeful adventure’ as we prepare for our journey home and the next stage in Birmingham… Continue reading Goodbye QIV-C
Month: October 2014
Friends of Jesus Fellowship and Quaker Renewal UK
The Spirit moved in mysterious ways and sent us on a 1,300 mile journey. After much indecision about whether we should go to the Friends of Jesus Fellowship (FoJF) Fall gathering in Ohio, we decided it was too far, too expensive, and just plain unworkable. Resigned to a quiet weekend on the land, we got… Continue reading Friends of Jesus Fellowship and Quaker Renewal UK
Thoughts on Quaker Membership
Postcard Quaker schoolteacher Thomas K. Brown established Back Log Camp on the banks of Indian Lake in the Adirondack Mountains in 1911. Thomas was married to Caroline Cadbury, of the Quaker Cadbury dynasty. For a time the camp was run as a business. Now it functions entirely as a private camp for Thomas and Caroline’s descendants,… Continue reading Thoughts on Quaker Membership
A Queer (Quaker) Response to Climate Change
‘You call them interesting times, I call them scary!’ Elaine is 92, volunteers at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, and is a veteran of many a march for peace and environmental issues. Unable to walk in the People’s Climate March in NYC, she was delighted that we’d managed to be there. Never, in all her… Continue reading A Queer (Quaker) Response to Climate Change
Jolly Quaker 