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Puzzles and a Game (Sept/Oct 2014)

• Authored by:
• Mary Klein

Here is a page of fun things for Friends to do together.

On Family (September 2014)

Puzzles and a Game (Jan/Feb 2015)

• Authored by:
• Mary Klein

Here are some fun things to do on your own and with friends.

On Reconciliation (January 2015)

Raising Quaker Voices about Race

• Authored by:
• Damon Motz-Storey

When I was in high school, some friends and I snuck into a neighborhood swimming pool that was closed after dark. We tried to keep quiet, but we were having too much fun, and a neighbor called the cops. An officer showed up and calmly asked us to please leave, which we did. Those friends and I are white. This summer, several young black girls were physically assaulted in McKinney, Texas, by police officers ordering them to leave a pool party in the middle of the day. To my knowledge, those girls were breaking no rules, yet their black skin condemned them to violent treatment by the police.

On Difference (July 2015)

Puzzles and a Game (Nov/Dec 2015)

• Authored by:
• Mary Klein

Have some fun with these!

On Money (November 2015)

Spring Service Learning Camp

• Authored by:
• Melissa Lovett-Adair

Dear Friends, especially Friends ages 12-18: You are invited to attend our Spring Youth Service Learning Camp at Quaker Oaks Farm in Visalia, CA, from April 10-14, 2017 (Monday – Friday). Come explore and learn about the Land, Water, and Indigenous People of Pa’an. We will trace the source of our water upstream and consider how we can all be Water Protectors. We will work together to plant Pollinator Habitat to restore the Earth. We will share our histories, and we will love one another across seeming divides – all through fun, interactive activities. For more information, see: https://quakeroaksfarm.org.

On Insight (March 2017)

Finding Balance with MS

• Authored by:
• Marybeth Bland

I was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) four months after I completed a 150-mile bike ride for the American Lung Association. I was thirty-one years old. Two years later, I had to stop working. Soon, I could no longer identify with anyone I knew. It seemed like everyone was either having babies or working. I was doing neither.

On Balance (May 2017)

Staying Connected with Our Children

• Authored by:
• Barbara Babin

The school year is about to begin. Parents and school districts are making decisions about what is best for children in the midst of a pandemic, anxiously weighing health risks against social and mental health benefits, deciding between distance learning and in-person, socially distanced learning. We are facing these same kinds of decisions in our Quaker meetings, as we yearn for social connection and consider our options. As we consider our adult needs and capacities, let’s also remember to ask ourselves: What are we doing to stay connected with our Quaker children and families? How are we attentive to their spiritual needs?

On Teachers (September 2020)

Snap, Crackle, Pop!

• Authored by:
• Chester Freeman

I woke up early and decided to go to the post office to mail a priority envelope. Since the post office is just a block from Indian Rocks Beach in Florida, I decided I would walk along the shore until the post office opened.

On Healers (September 2023)

Cross the Divide

• Authored by:
• North Pacific Yearly Meeting

On Legacy (September 2024)

Quaker With-Oneness

• Authored by:
• Eric Muhr

The Quaker community where I was raised spent a lot of time thinking about words. I remember sitting through business meetings as a child when the language of a single-sentence minute could be deliberated, revised, read back, and deliberated again more than a half dozen times before unity was reached.

On Tech (July 2024)