Sierra Cascades Yearly Meeting Epistle 2021
To Friends near and far:
Department:
To Friends near and far:
A Call to Friends: Faithful Living in Desperate Times
by Marty Grundy
reviewed by Charlene Weir
What are Friends called to do in these times? Is there an answer to be found in the current spiritual life of our meetings?
Quakers: The Quiet Revolutionaries
by The Gardner Documentary Group
reviewed by Anthony Manousos
In 1779, Quaker abolitionist Warner Mifflin wrote and circulated a tract that was both thoughtful and provocative: “Statement Concerning His Refusal to Use and Circulate Continental Currency.” (A copy of this tract can be found today in the Friends Historical Library at Swarthmore College.)
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Written and performed by Eddy Marie Crouch, this monologue conveys a story of the life and works of Margaret Fell, “the mother of Quakerism.”
A collection of short Quaker videos by the producers of Quakers: The Quiet Revolutionaries
[This text has been excerpted from the author’s upcoming book, An Unfinished Revolution: Edna Buckman Kearns and the Struggle for Women’s Rights (Albany: State University of New York Press, 2021).]
Dear Friends: A history of John Woolman School is in the works. Catherine Lenox, who grew up in the Santa Cruz Meeting and attended John Woolman School in the ‘60s, is the primary author. To ensure there will be sufficient funds to complete the project, Catherine asked me to set up a campaign to pre-sell copies of the book and seek sponsorships.
Dear Editor: Thanks to Sharon Doyle for her interesting and informative article in the Nov/Dec 2020 Western Friend about the evolution of the peace testimony. She walked us through centuries with a thumbnail sketch that managed to contain the essence of our inconsistencies, both successes and failures. I have a truer and humbler appreciation for our past.
