Stay Positive June 2025

Stay Positive

I read something that helps keep my spirits up in these ghastly times. Maybe it will help you too. “Here’s the problem with tuning…

The Heart of the Matter by JoAnn Lordahl

The Heart of The Matter

“To understand Quaker process one must understand the value system that undergirds all Quaker function. In seventeenth century Britain, George Fox and the Friends…

Some Ways of behaving

Some Ways of Behaving

I thought it might be worthwhile this momentous day to look at 1. The Quaker way of governance i.e. how we order ourselves, and…

Authentic Power by JoAnn Lordahl

Authentic Power

This is a quote that amazes me every time I reread it: “You were born to create spiritual wealth. You live in spiritual poverty…

Where are we going?

Where Are We Going

“The road we have long been traveling is deceptively easy, a smooth superhighway on which we progress with great speed, but at its end…

Have Your Loved a Tree Lately?

Have you loved a tree lately?

Right outside my window is a big oak tree – if this isn’t love I feel, it’s something positive. This tree is caring –…

How shall I Live? By JoAnn Lordahl

How Shall I Live?

Today, looking over Quaker Notes, I choose some that speak to me today: “Early Friends placed a great emphasis on ‘Living faithfully’, and this…

What Do I Believe?

Today’s Blog is a bit long – But so well expressed for so many of us “searchers” growing, growing . . . “On Sundays,…