Western Friend

Western Friend is the official publication of the three Western unprogrammed Yearly Meetings of the Religious Society of Friends. You can visit the websites of these Yearly Meetings and some of their Quarterly Meetings here:

Colorado Regional Meeting (website hosted by Mountain View Friends Meeting)

Arizona Half-Yearly Meeting

Utah Friends Fellowship

New Mexico Regional Meeting

Pacific Northwest Quarterly Meeting (Washington and Idaho)

Willamette Quarterly Meeting (Oregon)

Montana Gathering of Friends

College Park Quarterly Meeting (northern California and Nevada)

Southern California Quarterly Meeting (southern California and Nevada)

Are you traveling over a weekend? Why not visit a local Meeting? To find Quakers anywhere in the US or Canada, visit Quaker Finder.

The term “blog” is a contraction of web log, and is used to describe websites written and maintained by individuals who are interested in exploring a wide array of topics. The writing on blogs tends to be casual, more like a journal entry than a news article or essay. Bloggers may write about their day, reflect upon something they’ve read recently, respond to a current issue, or posit any number of interesting ideas. Those who read the blog are often invited to share their thoughts in return by leaving a comment at the end of the entry. The conversations that take place between the author and the commentors can be fascinating and deeply moving. And among Friends, the exchanges are very interesting indeed, often bridging geography, theological differences, and the various splits among Friends. The term “Convergent Friends” is often used to describe those engaged in these exploratory conversations.

Visit QuakerQuaker to read a selection of Quaker blogs from all over the world, selected by an editorial team that scours the internet every day.

Many Western Friends are bloggers, more than we can keep track of! The following list of bloggers is by no means exhaustive, and focuses more on blogs tending to topics of a spiritual/Quakerly nature. Please let us know if there is a blog we ought to add.

http://notafraidofthunder.blogspot.com/ Angelina Conti

http://sneezingflower.blogspot.com/ Forrest Curo

http://notfrisco2.com/leones/ Lynn Gazis-Sax

http://rootedandgrounded.blogspot.com/ Lisa Hubbel

http://boundlessgrace.blogspot.com/ Linda

http://queerx3.blogspot.com/ John Pixley

http://infiniteoceanoflightandlove.blogspot.com/ Daniel Wilcox

http://21stcenturyquaker.com/ Marge Abbott

http://dannycoleman.blogspot.com/ Danny Coleman

http://www.bloggerbyconvincement.blogspot.com/ Iris Graville

http://onequakertake.blogspot.com/ Timothy Travis

http://worldgame.blogspot.com/ Kirby Urner

Freedom Friends Church (an unaffiliated Quaker church in Salem, OR)

http://questforadequacy.blogspot.com/ Ashley Wilcox

http://godmistakes.blogspot.com/ Joe Hindsdorf

http://halfalifeontheroad.blogspot.com/ Patricia Morrison

Northwest Yearly Meeting is an Evangelical Friends International (EFI)-affiliated Yearly Meeting serving Friends in Oregon, Washington, and Idaho. There are also many thoughtful and inspiring bloggers within their community; we’ve shared a few of those here.

http://reconciliationpapers.blogspot.com/ Becky Ankeny

http://quakeroatslive.blogspot.com/ Cherise Bock
http://gatheringinlight.com/ Wess Daniels

http://outofdoubt.wordpress.com/ Gregg Koskela

http://johanpdx.blogspot.com/ Johan Maurer

http://nwfriends.org/category/news/from-colins-mind/ Colin Saxton

http://www.ajschwanz.com/ AJ Schwanz

http://born-to-eat-toast.blogspot.com/ Stan Thornburg
http://starpuddle.wordpress.com/ West Hills Church

Other Blogs
http://blog.woolman.org/ Woolman Semester Program’s blog, Nevada City, CA