Diversity and Friends
An experimental category on diversity among Friends--race, age, physical ability, etc: if enough taggers
start using this category we'll make it a main QuakerQuaker category.
Modern Reformation - Religious News
(Posted by rainbowruminations on 2008-04-29T18:02:59Z.)
seams of a peculiar queer
(Posted by rainbowruminations on 2008-04-28T20:51:13Z.)
Doug Gwyn on class & Quaker worship via Chris M
There i. popular notion, even among some Friends, that the Quaker "brand" of worship is not for everyone; that it require. cool, detached, middle- to upper-middle class Anglo-American temperament. [This notion] constitute. terrible misunderstanding (Posted by martin_kelley on 2008-04-20T15:45:45Z.)
Mary Linda admits I Didn't Know Summer could be a Verb
How d. suggest to all these people who. love and esteem that they are so mired in the comfort and privilege which they've always known and taken for granted that they seem to show little true compassion for the lives of individual people who come from (Posted by robinmohr on 2008-04-17T16:41:55Z.)
Friend Paul on identity-adjectives-charism
How do we balance the need to speak and yes, work for racial justice in the Society of Friends but not allow this holy work be what defines us as people of faith? (Posted by chrismsf on 2008-03-27T03:52:43Z.)
Liz on Radical inclusion, radical love
Something in me was stirred once again... that allows me the chance to consider just what does radical love and radical inclusion look like? ...how ca. do this inward work faithfully and in love? (Posted by chrismsf on 2008-03-20T05:36:33Z.)
Video: Philadelphia Quaker on life in interracial community in US South in 1950s
Sue Angry lived i. pioneering interracial community in Georgia until gunfire and racist threats forced her to come north for shelter and support. (Follow link to related article). (Posted by martin_kelley on 2008-03-15T03:15:01Z.)
Peterson Toscano on defensive shields around diversity work
I know we have work to do in our meetings around heterosexism and even homophobia. But when the shields go up--We have already dealt with that stuff--then the meetings can grow stagnant with some people feeling silenced or marginalized. (Posted by martin_kelley on 2008-03-13T20:51:18Z.)
Jeanne with what class diversity offers Friends
Poor and working class values can help the Meeting community. We are hard workers, we bring the perspective of the not-so-privileged to committee work and MfWfB, and we can refocus conversation away from process and toward tasks. (Posted by martin_kelley on 2008-03-12T21:13:48Z.)
Aj Schwanz " Pardon Me: I'm Busy Being Consumed by Jesus
Here's my submission for class: Consuming Jesus: Beyond Race and Class Divisions i. Consumer Church by Paul Louis Metzger (Posted by chrismsf on 2008-03-10T04:42:40Z.)
Why Susanne K. is a Quaker: Her Path
Understanding myself to be bot. victim of apartheid an. beneficiary. was strongly drawn to the Quaker belief of "that of God in every person". was drawn to the Quaker way of reaching out to the "enemy"... (Posted by chrismsf on 2008-03-03T05:16:21Z.)
FriendPaul on Communion in Friends Meetings: A Quote and a Query
Lack of diversity in our Meetings has impeded many Friends from coming into the fullness of this sacramental experience. What do Friends think? (Posted by chrismsf on 2008-03-03T05:03:01Z.)
cubbie on that which the quakers call diversity
i want these changes to happen, but i'm not going to be able to make them happen. i'm going to have to work with other people... wh. adore and who will never quite hear me, people who drive me absolutely bonkers? and sometimes these will be the sa (Posted by chrismsf on 2008-02-29T20:49:25Z.)
Bob H. Announces Bay Area Gathering for Friends of Color
Vanessa Julye, who is Coordinator for Friends General Conference Committee for Ministry on Racism, will be in the Bay area fo. week in February. She is available to meet with Friends and attenders of color on Monday, February 18, (Posted by chrismsf on 2008-02-16T23:15:27Z.)
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Modern Reformation - Religious News
(Posted by rainbowruminations on 2008-04-29T18:02:59Z.)
seams of a peculiar queer
(Posted by rainbowruminations on 2008-04-28T20:51:13Z.)
Doug Gwyn on class & Quaker worship via Chris M
There i. popular notion, even among some Friends, that the Quaker "brand" of worship is not for everyone; that it require. cool, detached, middle- to upper-middle class Anglo-American temperament. [This notion] constitute. terrible misunderstanding (Posted by martin_kelley on 2008-04-20T15:45:45Z.)
Mary Linda admits I Didn't Know Summer could be a Verb
How d. suggest to all these people who. love and esteem that they are so mired in the comfort and privilege which they've always known and taken for granted that they seem to show little true compassion for the lives of individual people who come from (Posted by robinmohr on 2008-04-17T16:41:55Z.)
Friend Paul on identity-adjectives-charism
How do we balance the need to speak and yes, work for racial justice in the Society of Friends but not allow this holy work be what defines us as people of faith? (Posted by chrismsf on 2008-03-27T03:52:43Z.)
Liz on Radical inclusion, radical love
Something in me was stirred once again... that allows me the chance to consider just what does radical love and radical inclusion look like? ...how ca. do this inward work faithfully and in love? (Posted by chrismsf on 2008-03-20T05:36:33Z.)
Video: Philadelphia Quaker on life in interracial community in US South in 1950s
Sue Angry lived i. pioneering interracial community in Georgia until gunfire and racist threats forced her to come north for shelter and support. (Follow link to related article). (Posted by martin_kelley on 2008-03-15T03:15:01Z.)
Peterson Toscano on defensive shields around diversity work
I know we have work to do in our meetings around heterosexism and even homophobia. But when the shields go up--We have already dealt with that stuff--then the meetings can grow stagnant with some people feeling silenced or marginalized. (Posted by martin_kelley on 2008-03-13T20:51:18Z.)
Jeanne with what class diversity offers Friends
Poor and working class values can help the Meeting community. We are hard workers, we bring the perspective of the not-so-privileged to committee work and MfWfB, and we can refocus conversation away from process and toward tasks. (Posted by martin_kelley on 2008-03-12T21:13:48Z.)
Aj Schwanz " Pardon Me: I'm Busy Being Consumed by Jesus
Here's my submission for class: Consuming Jesus: Beyond Race and Class Divisions i. Consumer Church by Paul Louis Metzger (Posted by chrismsf on 2008-03-10T04:42:40Z.)
Why Susanne K. is a Quaker: Her Path
Understanding myself to be bot. victim of apartheid an. beneficiary. was strongly drawn to the Quaker belief of "that of God in every person". was drawn to the Quaker way of reaching out to the "enemy"... (Posted by chrismsf on 2008-03-03T05:16:21Z.)
FriendPaul on Communion in Friends Meetings: A Quote and a Query
Lack of diversity in our Meetings has impeded many Friends from coming into the fullness of this sacramental experience. What do Friends think? (Posted by chrismsf on 2008-03-03T05:03:01Z.)
cubbie on that which the quakers call diversity
i want these changes to happen, but i'm not going to be able to make them happen. i'm going to have to work with other people... wh. adore and who will never quite hear me, people who drive me absolutely bonkers? and sometimes these will be the sa (Posted by chrismsf on 2008-02-29T20:49:25Z.)
Bob H. Announces Bay Area Gathering for Friends of Color
Vanessa Julye, who is Coordinator for Friends General Conference Committee for Ministry on Racism, will be in the Bay area fo. week in February. She is available to meet with Friends and attenders of color on Monday, February 18, (Posted by chrismsf on 2008-02-16T23:15:27Z.)
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