Donald W. McCormick

Sometimes we are reluctant to talk about our Quakerism with friends, neighbors, and co-workers. In my (so far unpublished) research on expressing Quaker spirituality in the workplace, I interviewed one person who said that when a co-worker found out he was a Quaker, he was stunned. “I worked next to you for five years and had no idea you were a Quaker.”

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I stand alone

after Quaker meeting--

the Society of Friends

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long conversations

by the coffee pot

joys of Quaker fellowship

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Donald W. McCormick is a member of Grass Valley Friends Meeting in Nevada City, CA (PacYM).

Mary Dyer’s Hymn and other Quaker Poems
written by Stanford Searl
reiewed by Donald W. McCormick

Paranoid
Written by Bill Gallagher
Directed by Mark Tonderai and Kenny Glennan
Reviewed by Don McCormick

In meeting for worship, we center down, listen to vocal ministry, discern authentic vocal ministry, and hold people in the Light. The practice of mindfulness helps me with all of these. Also, if it weren’t for my mindfulness practice, I probably would have had to abandon Quakerism decades ago.

Quaker Poems: The Heart Opened

Written by Stanford J. Searl

Reviewed by Donald W. McCormick, Ph.D.