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New Book Project! Call for Submissions

December 11th, 2008 · No Comments

Western Friend is excited to announce what we hope will be the first in a series of books exploring themes and concepts integral to the lives of Friends through creative expression. This series, tentatively titled Giving Form to Faith, seeks to engage Friends from all walks of life in lifting up their spiritual experiences through the arts.

For the first book in the series, we are beginning at the beginning. Tentatively titled By Any Name, it will be a collection of Friends’ expressions of God, Jesus, Light, the Divine, Creator.
We are interested in submissions of poetry, song, fiction and creative nonfiction, photos, paintings, sketches, collage, and photographic representation of three-dimensional work such as sculpture, quilting, etc. We welcome submissions from Friends everywhere, though preference will be given to pieces with some connection to the West, be it through the topic or the artist’s home place. This collection seeks to include many different voices, from children to elders, those who know God as Christ and those who know Spirit as the Eternal Mother.

The fundamental question we hope Friends will explore is, “How have you experienced God or the Divine?” We want your stories about these experiences, in whichever form speaks to you.

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Looking Ahead to 2009

November 24th, 2008 · No Comments

Got a story idea, photos, or a hankering to write? Know someone whose thoughts on one of these topics you would really like to hear? Drop me a line! Story ideas do not need to line up with the themes– it’s just a nice perk.

January/February: Meetinghouses
-Some meetings own them and love them, some struggle to maintain them, others wonder if they need them and if so, how to go about financing one. This will be a collection of stories about various meetinghouses in the West.

March: Friendly Gifts: Eldering & Discernment
-What does it mean to elder or to be eldered? And how does the practice of discernment deepen our lives as Friends and inform our actions?

April: Spiritual Nurture
-Hear about Intermountain Yearly Meeting’s exciting experiment in spiritual nurturing, along with other way in which Friends seek to care for their connections to each other and to the Divine.

May: Ministries of Joy
-Are Friends called to be a voice of laughter, love and joy just as much as they are called to witness the darkness in the world? Hear from Friends who work to help that of God be visible to all.

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