About QuakerQuaker
Links to the QuakerQuaker editorial team and a guide to editorial selection.
QuakerQuaker.org is an online community of Quaker bloggers, photographers, podcasters, etc.,
reaching across our divisions and out into the world in fresh ways to talk about ministry and renewal. We hope to engage new
voices and share the Quaker message far out into the world. The spirit of Christ has come to teach the people; are we ready
to listen?
QuakerQuaker is put together by a team of Quaker bloggers scanning
hundreds of websites a day for interesting new posts to highlight. It's
published by Martin Kelley ("Quaker Ranter") and the team currently includes C Wess Daniels ("Gathering in Light"), Chris M ("Tables, Chairs and Oaken Chests"), Johan Maurer ("Can You Believe?"), LizOpp ("The Good Raised Up"), and Robin M ("What Canst Thou Say?").
We don't list every post by every Friend but instead focus on
interesting posts that say something about the current state of our
religious society or point the way toward renewal and outreach. Those
new to Friends should keep in mind that there are different types and
branches of Quakers and that no particular post, link or website can do
justice to the great diversities of our religious society
You can easily
add the latest QuakerQuaker
listings to your blog's sidebar or get a daily digest by
email. We also have some fan mail. Questions can be emailed to Martin Kelley, QuakerQuaker publisher, at
martink@martinkelley.com (see
martinkelley.com for more contact
information).
What we blog
There seems to be some mis-conceptions about Quakerquaker. In the
service of transparency here's Martin's guidelines to the contributors:
Post should be explicitly Quaker: Any
thoughtful posts from any branch of Friends that wrestles in some way
with what it means to be a Quaker is fair game. While we all have our
own issues that connect deeply with our understanding of our faith, the
Blogwatch only seems to work if it keeps focused on Quakerism, on how
we our faith and lives interact. Back when this was just a links list
on my personal site I would get complaints when I added something that
seemed related to my understanding of Quakerism but that wasn't
specifically written from a Quaker standpoint (when we want to make
this kind of link we should do so on our personal blogs where we can
put it in better context).
Post should be timely: I've billed QuakerQuaker as "a guide
to the Quaker conversation" and links should go to recently-written
articles with strong voices. We're not trying to create a comprehensive
list of Quaker websites, so no linking to organizational homepages.
While most links should go to blog posts, it's fine to include good
articles from Quaker publications. A link to something like a press
release or new book announcement should only be made if it's
extraordinary. Remember that QuakerQuaker posts will only appear on the
main site for a few days (if the initial setup goes well I can start
work on some ideas to giave a more timeless element to the site).
Post should be Interesting: Don't bookmark everything you
find. If the post feels predictable or snoozy, just ignore it (even if
the writer or topic is important). The Quaker bloggers all have their
audiences and we don't need to highlight every post of every blogger.
Only make the link if the post speaks out to you in some way (it's
quite possible that one of the other contributors will pick up, finding
something you didn't and highlighting it in their description). That
said, the posts you link to don't have to be masterpieces; they can
have grammatical and logical mistakes. What's important is that there's
some idea in there that's interesting. It might be a good discipline
for each of us not to add our the posts from our own personal blogs but
to let one of the other contributors do it for us.
That's it. While there are some vague assumptions in all this about
the role of tradition and community, discipline and individualism,
there's nothing about theology or who gets linked. This is a
publication, with something of an editorial voice in that I've chosen
who gets to add links and asked them to be subjective, but its very
mellow and I've been happy to see contributors range far afield. Google
tells us that this is one of 18.7 million "Quaker" websites
and $10/month will get you your own so let's not do too much
navel-gazing about what's linked or not linked. If you don't find it
interesting, there are plenty of non-subjective Quaker blogs lists out there. I do listen to feedback and am always twiddling with the site so feel free to contact Martin via martinkelley.com/contact.
About this page:
Bookmark posts as "quaker." in Del.icio.us or your
blog's tagging system and they should show up here.
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Links to the QuakerQuaker editorial team and a guide to editorial selection.
QuakerQuaker.org is an online community of Quaker bloggers, photographers, podcasters, etc., reaching across our divisions and out into the world in fresh ways to talk about ministry and renewal. We hope to engage new voices and share the Quaker message far out into the world. The spirit of Christ has come to teach the people; are we ready to listen?
QuakerQuaker is put together by a team of Quaker bloggers scanning hundreds of websites a day for interesting new posts to highlight. It's published by Martin Kelley ("Quaker Ranter") and the team currently includes C Wess Daniels ("Gathering in Light"), Chris M ("Tables, Chairs and Oaken Chests"), Johan Maurer ("Can You Believe?"), LizOpp ("The Good Raised Up"), and Robin M ("What Canst Thou Say?"). We don't list every post by every Friend but instead focus on interesting posts that say something about the current state of our religious society or point the way toward renewal and outreach. Those new to Friends should keep in mind that there are different types and branches of Quakers and that no particular post, link or website can do justice to the great diversities of our religious society
You can easily add the latest QuakerQuaker listings to your blog's sidebar or get a daily digest by email. We also have some fan mail. Questions can be emailed to Martin Kelley, QuakerQuaker publisher, at martink@martinkelley.com (see martinkelley.com for more contact information).
What we blog
There seems to be some mis-conceptions about Quakerquaker. In the service of transparency here's Martin's guidelines to the contributors:
Post should be explicitly Quaker: Any thoughtful posts from any branch of Friends that wrestles in some way with what it means to be a Quaker is fair game. While we all have our own issues that connect deeply with our understanding of our faith, the Blogwatch only seems to work if it keeps focused on Quakerism, on how we our faith and lives interact. Back when this was just a links list on my personal site I would get complaints when I added something that seemed related to my understanding of Quakerism but that wasn't specifically written from a Quaker standpoint (when we want to make this kind of link we should do so on our personal blogs where we can put it in better context).
Post should be timely: I've billed QuakerQuaker as "a guide to the Quaker conversation" and links should go to recently-written articles with strong voices. We're not trying to create a comprehensive list of Quaker websites, so no linking to organizational homepages. While most links should go to blog posts, it's fine to include good articles from Quaker publications. A link to something like a press release or new book announcement should only be made if it's extraordinary. Remember that QuakerQuaker posts will only appear on the main site for a few days (if the initial setup goes well I can start work on some ideas to giave a more timeless element to the site).
Post should be Interesting: Don't bookmark everything you find. If the post feels predictable or snoozy, just ignore it (even if the writer or topic is important). The Quaker bloggers all have their audiences and we don't need to highlight every post of every blogger. Only make the link if the post speaks out to you in some way (it's quite possible that one of the other contributors will pick up, finding something you didn't and highlighting it in their description). That said, the posts you link to don't have to be masterpieces; they can have grammatical and logical mistakes. What's important is that there's some idea in there that's interesting. It might be a good discipline for each of us not to add our the posts from our own personal blogs but to let one of the other contributors do it for us.
That's it. While there are some vague assumptions in all this about the role of tradition and community, discipline and individualism, there's nothing about theology or who gets linked. This is a publication, with something of an editorial voice in that I've chosen who gets to add links and asked them to be subjective, but its very mellow and I've been happy to see contributors range far afield. Google tells us that this is one of 18.7 million "Quaker" websites and $10/month will get you your own so let's not do too much navel-gazing about what's linked or not linked. If you don't find it interesting, there are plenty of non-subjective Quaker blogs lists out there. I do listen to feedback and am always twiddling with the site so feel free to contact Martin via martinkelley.com/contact.
About this page:
Bookmark posts as "quaker." in Del.icio.us or your blog's tagging system and they should show up here. More.
Popular Categories
QuackQuack Community | |
