This episode of the Western Friend podcast features the keynote address, given by Barry Crossno, General Secretary of Friends General Conference, at Intermountain Yearly Meeting on June 14, 2024. In his address, Barry discusses several challenges facing many monthly meetings, and some of the potential solutions that could help moving forward. He shares about his own journey to Quakerism, on matching the value system of today’s youth, surrendering to what the future holds, and much more.
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The "chapters" in this podcast:
00:00 – Introduction
1:44 – A story of “surrender"
7:45 – On surrendering to what the future holds
9:12 Current challenges facing modern Quakerism
11:15 – Presentation: The Water We Swim In
26:48 – Matching the value system of today’s youth
31:20 – Barry’s story of coming to Quakerism
33:59 – On "the meeting experience” and current needs
43:02 – The Next Good Step
48:28 – Outro