A New Thing Springs Forth

Authored by:
Sierra-Cascades Yearly Meeting of Friends,
North Pacific Yearly Meeting

The following two epistles were written in July 2017 to introduce and welcome a new Quaker yearly meeting in the Pacific Northwest – Sierra-Cascades Yearly Meeting of Friends, a community of evangelical Friends churches that affirm same-sex relationships and welcome the participation of LGBTQ+ people.

On Home (September 2017)

A Secret Power Among Them

Authored by:
Julie Peyton

On Mixture (November 2018)

Are Committees Still the Answer?

Coloring Page: Outside and Inside

Authored by:
Mary Klein

On Separation (November 2019)

Faith Questions First

Authored by:
Deborah Dakin

Dear Editor: I just came home from our Midyear

On Limits (May 2016)

Friendly Leadership (review)

Authored by:
Stanford Searl

Donn Weinholtz’s practical new book, Friendly Leadership: Humanely Influencing Others, connects Quaker values with research on how organizations function (or don’t). In it, Weinholtz shows ways for Friends to bring their Quaker spiritual practices into the secular mix as well as in service to their Quaker meetings.

On Conflict (January 2023)

Improving "State of the Meeting" Reports

Individual Decision or Mutual Discernment

Authored by:
Lyn Gordon

The test for membership should not be doctrinal agreement, nor adherence to certain testimonies, but evidence of sincere seeking and striving for Truth, together with an understanding of the lines along which Friends are seeking that Truth.

On Alternatives (March 2022)

Notes - Spirit and Structure in Quaker Meetings

On Alternatives

Authored by:
Mary Klein

Many of the words I have said, I wish I could unsay. Many of the actions I have taken, I wish I could undo. If wishes were horses, then I would ride into the past to fix the many blunders and cruelties that lie on my conscience. Instead, I walk forward and try to do better.

On Alternatives (March 2022)

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