Philip Seldek describes himself as an anthropologist, linguist, scientist, researcher, communicator, music lover, conversationalist, sportsman, visitor and resident in many countries, speaker of many languages, worker in development, who can only say that most of the time…
The following is excerpted from Craig Barnett’s 30 November 2014 post on his blog, Transition Quaker . Craig is a Quaker living in Sheffield (UK), and currently serving as an elder of Sheffield and Balby Area Quaker Meeting. We recommend that visitors read the…
On November 10th, we shared excerpts from Secret Quaker’s blog post, ‘Theists’ and ‘Non-Theists’ – Can we get on together? There were several interesting comments, and Steven Schwartz has allowed us to republish his in the following post. What…
As Quakers stumble over the “G Word” not wishing to alienate the non-theists among us, it would seem of relevance to note that this is a very Old Testament Problem. Since it was impossible to see God, Jews developed ingenious ways to avoid saying his name, emphasised…
Cap Kaylor is part of University Quakers at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Norman, Oklahoma. In March 2014, he offered us “Church: Stumbling block or stepping stone?.” … See Image Sources for information and links related to the images. I grew up in a tough…
During a one-month practice period (dathun) at the Buddhist Gampo Abbey in the spring of 1989, Pema Chödrön gave morning talks to encourage participants “to use the abundant material of daily life as their primary teacher and guide.” … Midway…
T. Hamboyan Harrison (who goes by “T.” online), is a convinced Quaker, member of Third Haven Monthly Meeting in Easton, MD. She is also a Buddhist who has taken formal vows and been given the dharma name Tenzing Chödrön (“Truth light holder of the…
Poet Michele Madigan Somerville (see her blog, Fresh Poetry Daily) is the author of WISEGAL and Black Irish . She lives in New York City. The following is excerpted from her article “I’m with Jack” in the…
In March we published QUF Interview: Daniel A. Seeger. More recently we have been reminded of a QUF pamphlet which Friend Dan published in 1997: I Have Called You Friends: A Quaker Universalist’s Understanding of…
A month ago we published our interview with Daniel A. Seeger. Reading through this interview to find an extract for a promotional blog post, I found one passage in particular which speaks to my condition. Friend Seeger writes: I practiced a kind of smorgasbord approach, or…