• Transgressing the Boundaries of Empire

    Three Palm-Sunday Processionals That Show the Way

  • Ask a Friend: Quaker Glossary and Terms

    An email I received recently asked about finding a Quaker glossary of terms online. This individual was looking specifically for an explanation of the Quaker use of the phrase “First Day” (what early Quakers, and some Quakers today still call “Sunday” so as to not call it by its Pagan name). Because there are any…

  • My Scenius

    Peggy Morrison Stan Thornburg Pink Dandelion James Alison bell hooks

  • New Quaker Studies Publications Out

    For those of you following this blog, I wanted to share with you two recent publications that I’ve worked on this past year in case you have interested in finding out more about them. Quaker Studies: An Overview: The Current State of the Field Authors: C. Wess Daniels, Robynne Rogers Healey and Jon R. Kershner…

  • Quakerism 101: A Very Basic Introduction with Suggested Readings

    Here is a short reading list with some basic background to the Quaker tradition in hopes of helping those who are getting started out and/or want to know more about the history, beliefs, and practice of the Religious Society of Friends. I hope that this list can be of use as people seek understanding and…