Laurie Childers

The Quaker Spa

• Author(s):
• Laurie Childers

I’m no expert on Quaker history, but I’m familiar with the basic outlines. One general observation I can make about Quaker history is this: Early Friends started by getting imprisoned often for breaking the rules, and then they continued as rule-breakers throughout the centuries. Quakers have broken both government laws and cultural conventions. This pattern of rule-breaking emerges from the same source as our testimonies do: Quaker worship.

Issue: On Relevance (March 2021)

Into Beauty

• Author(s):
• Laurie Childers

Drawings by Laurie Childers (lauriechilders.com), who is a musician, artist, and member of Corvallis Friends Meeting in Corvallis, OR (NPYM).

Issue: On Music (March 2018)

Manifest Destiny Revisited

• Author(s):
• Laurie Childers

Manifest Destiny Revisited

Issue: On Superiority (July 2013)