Jesus

Excerpts from the keynote presentation to Pacific Yearly Meeting; July 13, 2019; Walker Creek Ranch, Petaluma, California

I would like to start by unpacking a word that for some people is a terrible hurdle and that is the word, “Christ.” Let’s go back to the original meaning of that word.

A Quaker Prayer Life

by David Johnson

Review by Helen Gould

Excerpts from a presentation to Pacific Yearly Meeting; July 15, 2014; Walker Creek Ranch, Petaluma, California

Two years ago, I was one of those people who flinched every time I heard the word “Jesus.”  When I told this to my friend Joe Snyder, he said, “Read the Bible. That'll take care of that flinch.” And then he told me about Mark.