by daisy | Feb 15, 2023 | Testimonies
EQUALITY Recognizing the dignity of every person…Treating each person with respect…Rejecting all forms of discrimination…Looking for “that of God” in everyone — For centuries Quakers have strived to achieve greater equality in themselves,...
by daisy | Jan 30, 2023 | Testimonies
This text is excerpted from a speech by Dick Hathaway given at an interfaith service in Poughkeepsie, New York, on November 1, 2004. For the complete text, please go to friendsjournal.org Three weeks ago, when I was invited to stand up here and talk about the Quaker...
by daisy | Dec 9, 2022 | Testimonies
This is a Patheos interview with Laura Mancuso at the Parliament of World Religions in Melbourne, Australia. During this video, a series of questions are posed to her about being a Quaker. These questions include: What does it mean to be a Quaker in today’s...
by daisy | Dec 9, 2022 | Testimonies
Be still and cool in thy own mind and spirit . . . And then thou wilt feel the principle of God. ~ George Fox, Early Quaker
by daisy | Dec 8, 2022 | Testimonies
“God is not a Christian, God is not a Jew, or a Muslim, or a Hindu, or a Buddhist. All of those are human systems which human beings have created to try to help us walk into the mystery of God. I honor my tradition, I walk through my tradition, but I don’t think...
by daisy | Nov 11, 2022 | Testimonies
At Howard University in the Spring of 1960, lunch counters throughout the south of this country were segregated. And so we went to what was called “People’s Drugstore” (but segregated!). They were only going to serve white people, and I was with my black friends. So...
