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Quakers, Yemen, and Ukraine

Authored by:
Stephen Adams

On Perception (March 2023)

Life Cycle of a Quaker Meeting

Authored by:
Sandy Kewman,
Anne Pomeroy

The lessons we learn from accompanying people as they die can help inform our understanding of the care that Quaker meetings need as they change and age. While closure is an expected and important part of any life, including the life of a meeting, in our youth-focused culture, it can be hard to tend this part of our life cycle. We believe that Quakers are missing some important opportunities for deep spiritual experiences and growth when we don’t address these challenges. Here, we will consider what it might mean to tend the Spirit and the spiritual life of a meeting that is in the later stages of its life.

On Loss (May 2023)

The “Why” of What We Do

Authored by:
Larry Newton

I had an occasion recently to hear some young Friends talk about ministry services they are performing on behalf of Quakers. I have nothing but heartfelt compliments for their generous spirits and their hard work in pursuit of making the world a more humane, just, and merciful place. In light of the significant proportion of their cohort who are NOT volunteering in such efforts, I feel special appreciation that these young people are rising well above what seems to be the present norm of disengagement. For their good and faithful work, I am grateful.

On Loss (May 2023)

Organize

Authored by:
Anthony Manousos

Dear Editor: Thanks for another great issue of Western Friend. I was inspired/provoked to write this response to a couple of the articles you published in the May/June 2023 issue.

On Dignity (July 2023)

Nuclear Waste and States Rights

Authored by:
Carol Merrill,
Jeff Radford

On March 17, 2023, the last evening of the state’s legislative session this year, the New Mexico House passed Senate Bill 53 (SB 53), sponsored by State Senator Jeff Steinborn and State Representative Matthew McQueen. This bill concerns state oversight of a private company – Holtec – and prevents state agencies from issuing permits for a “temporary” nuclear-waste storage facility in southeast New Mexico, a facility that Holtec wants to build to hold all the nation’s high-level nuclear waste, even though zero nuclear energy plants are sited in New Mexico.

On Dignity (July 2023)

North Pacific Yearly Meeting Epistle

Authored by:
North Pacific Yearly Meeting

North Pacific Yearly Meeting Epistle: July 8-11, 2023

On Healers (September 2023)

Pacific Yearly Meeting Epistle

Authored by:
Pacific Yearly Meeting

Pacific Yearly Meeting Epistle: July 21-26, 2023

On Healers (September 2023)

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