Sierra Cascades Yearly Meeting of Friends (SCYMF) is only a few years old. Not that long ago, most of us were members of Northwest Yearly Meeting (NWYM). After a lengthy conflict, we were informed that we no longer had a place at the family table.
Nothing has made me more appreciative of being alive every day than being a hospital chaplain to the sick and dying.
Recording of a conversation among Friends in the West on January 10, 2019, about their perspectives on economic inequality.
Recording of a conversation among Friends in the West on January 10, 2019, about their perspectives on economic inequality.
A collection of quotations from a range of sources concerning various Quaker stances towards the question of economic inequality.
When Veronica Obodo-Eckblad is asked about her escape from war-torn Nigeria as a seven-year-old, she is cryptic. That’s because her emphasis – actually, her life’s focus – isn’t on herself. What drives her is her commitment to others and to a dream. That dream morphed into conviction and then into reality. But we are getting ahead of ourselves in this gripping story, so let’s settle down.
Epistle on Immigration from Amigas del Señor Monastary, May 22, 2018
[The following text was abridged from the original epistle, published at: westernfriend.org/media/epistle-immigration-unabridged]
Unabridged version of an epistle about immigration from the sisters of the Amigas del Señor Monastery in Honduras, May 22, 2018
A Quaker blog concerning the gap between the rich and the poor and ways to reduce it.
Dear Friends, Many of you have heard the story: Two old Quaker farmers are working together, repairing a fence. One farmer pauses, looks up, and comments that among a flock of white sheep, he sees a black one. The other farmer looks up at the flock and replies, “Well yes, it is black on this side.”
