Friends in proximity or interested in Quaker Meetings on the Jersey Shore and Atlantic City Quaker Meeting? This program will be offered at the Atlantic City Area Monthly Meeting on Sunday, November 22, 2026, at 11:15 am, after Meeting for Worship (which begins at 10 am). Please join us! We will use the initial presentation […]
November Query for Friends, 2026
Starting here we will be posting periodically a Query: Do I respond to anger and hate in a way of peace, a way of love? When we try to overcome evil with evil, we are not working for peace. If you say, “This leader is evil. We have to prevent them from continuing to do […]
Loving You Is Killing Me
Samson, the Misbehaver-in-Chief, and a Moral Nation We Owe to Ourselves Friends’ Reflect on the eve of the 2026 U.S. Midterm Elections This essay is an attempt to use the gifts Rev. Dr. Otis Moss III names in his sermon on Judges 16 with brutal economy: “Loving You Is Killing Me.” It compiles recent conversations […]
Offering Friendly Queries
Offering Friendly Queries: An Invitation into Corporate Worship Beyond the Meetinghouse An Overview for South Jersey Quakers (SJQ) on New Practices of posting Queries and texts for Meeting consideration The Clerk of Ministry and Worship may from time to time offer South Jersey Quakers a gift: the Query: Weekly Query, released as extensions of corporate […]
Quaker Call asks Friends – {QC} – How Can our Election Resources Support Free, Fair, Safe and Ethical USofA Elections in 2026?
Introducing Quaker Call’s Election Resources 2026: A Gift of Practical Hope In a season when the foundations of free and fair elections tremble, Quaker Call to Action has answered with a gift of practical hope. Born from the concern of nineteen Friends and grown into a national network, Quaker Call has compiled Election Resources 2026—a […]
Reading “Staying Grounded in the Face of Voter Intimidation” in your Meeting and Community as we Preparatively Ready for the Elections
A Quaker review of “Staying Grounded in the Face of Voter Intimidation” for South Jersey Friends. Grounded in worship, moved to faithful action for the 2026 midterms. Includes media kit, queries, and references.
George Fox on Womens Meetings
George Fox (1624-1691) Epistle 2961673 “Concerning Womens Meetings” FRIENDS, All keep your Meetings in the Power of the Lord GOd, that hath gathered you; and none to quench the Spirit, nor despise Prophesying; and so keep up your Testimony in publick and private. Concerning your Womens-Meetings; encourage all the Women of Families that are convinced, […]
A salt light already yours
Still, Small Voice Heard in a Self of Wilderness: Eight Pieces Call to Stillness What was the sound before thunder? A breeze without destination; snow slipping from evergreen boughs. Friend, let expectation fall silent. The true me is not a list—it is settled quiet beneath noise. Way opens. Haiku: Way Opens Expectation falls. Woolman’s tenderness […]
Are we a Spreading Fire? How has thee prepared to share thee burning experiences? Do we know when we act as if we seek to not hide? Can we hide Light under a burning bush?
Give Living Word in Every Voice: Biblical Translation systems as a Quaker Invitation A Reading Transformed A reading of the Gospels was recently transformed for the writer when I picked up the International Children’s Bible (ICB). Its simplicity opened a view to living truth and many new versions. It cut out layers of theologic jargon. […]
Listen and Hear Stories and Legends of Canopies
https://grist.org/fix/arts-culture/indigenous-bible-translation-reframes-christian-connection-to-nature/ Listen to Indigenous Wisdom and Lands “Creator’s blessing rests on the ones who walk softly and in a humble manner. The earth, land, and sky will welcome them and always be their home.” [1] Have F/friends read sources other than those which were always present in our cultural norms? Have you heard of Indigenous […]
