By Rachel Stacy … The ritual of Lent usually involves the individual giving up something until the Easter celebration. Often I hear about people giving up chocolate, sugar, fast-food, or smoking. Occasionally the more rebellious Lent-followers declare that instead of giving…
by Rachel Stacy, QUF member … Each year on Ash Wednesday, I…
By Rachel Stacey … Member of QUF and student at the Earlham School of Religion … Freshman year of high school, I picked up a flyer for YouthQuake, a national Quaker conference, at the thanksgiving conference of…
by Anthony Manousos … … If you had any doubts…
By Anthony Manousos … When Marcus Borg was invited to speak at the FGC Gathering by QUF, I asked him about the challenges of interfaith dialogue. “The biggest challenge is not interfaith dialogue,” he replied…
This essay was originally published by Friends Journal in its August 1, 2008, issue. It is republished here with their permission. … In May, 2008, the Quaker Universalist Fellowship turned 25 years old. Many Friends would argue that what we usually call…
By Anthony Manousos … Interfaith Communities United for Justice and Peace (icujp.org) is one of the leading interfaith peace and justice groups in Los Angeles, if not in the nation. I have served on its Board of Directors for a number of years. ICUJP…
… By Anthony Manousos … During this time of escalating Islamophobia, fueled by self-serving politicians, my heart leaped for joy to see the publication of A Common Word: Muslims and Christians on Loving God and Neighbor (Eerdman: Grand Rapids, MI, 2010). This book…
By Leland Stuart … Leland Stuart, one of the leaders of the interfaith community here in Los Angeles, shares some his spiritual reflections on the democratic revolutions taking place in the Middle East. … We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all people…
By Archie Watson … In February,1997 the Universalist, the journal of the Quaker Universalist Group in England, carried a short, jaunty article entitled “Hanging on by the Fingertips.” The author was Archie Watson, and little is known…
