Survey of 26 Quaker Meetings re: the Politics of 2017
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Survey conducted by members of the Western Friend board in January of 2018, concerning impacts on meetings by changes in the U.S. political environment in 2017.
Survey conducted by members of the Western Friend board in January of 2018, concerning impacts on meetings by changes in the U.S. political environment in 2017.
This past year, I started coming to grips with the fact that I am not a political scientist; I am not a sociologist. I have finally, after more than a decade, let go of some of those college textbooks. I accept that I will never rewrite the thesis I should have written for Poli-Sci. I am not a debater. I am not a diplomat. As it turns out, I am a musician.
Dear Friends: We exist as finite creatures embraced by Something Infinite. Spiritual teachers throughout the ages have shown how love and joy can shine from these electrified lumps of clay that are our bodies – how love and joy can shine from this substance of darkness and pain. That is the mystery of incarnation.
Dear Friends: The following excerpt is from the Progressive Christian Voter’s Guide, which is free online at chalicepress.com. [You can find the link to this booklet in Western Friend’s online library.]
Run for public office! It’s the best way a single person can influence the decisions that affect the citizens of your community. You and your opinions will be taken seriously. You will influence public opinion. If you win the election, your vote won’t be just one out of thousands. It will be one out of five-to-nine members on a governing board.
Notes of a conversation among Friends in the West on April 13, 2017, concerning ways that Quaker meetings are navigating a changed political environment in the U.S.
Video recording of a conversation among Friends in the West on April 13, 2017, concerning ways that Quaker meetings are navigating a changed political environment in the U.S.
