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By Michael Birkel

Michael Birkel is a professor of religion at Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana. The crowd of Earlhamites greeting Michael over the course of North Pacific Yearly Meeting’s sessions attests to the popularity of his Quakerism 101 class, often taken by freshman at Earlham. Michael began his address with a slew of wildly funny Quaker jokes- which, sadly, …

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September/October 2011: Issue Contents

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  • NPYM Highlights
  • NPYM Epistle
  • Discernment: A Practice of Rigorous Truthfulness, by Niyonu Spann
  • IMYM Highlights
  • IMYM Epistle
  • Mountain Friends Camp Epistle
  • Yearly Meeting Comparison Chart
  • Catalyst, Interpreter, Resource: PYM's Youth Program Coordinator
  • PYM Highlights
  • PYM Epistle
  • Power Walk
  • Intergenerational Color Exchange
 
 

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