The first Training and Recording Workshop for prospective Quaker ministers for 2020–2021 featured a presentation by Stephen Potthoff, Professor of Religion, Philosophy, and Peace Studies at Wilmington College. Stephen has been teaching there since 2003. His scholarly interests include early Christianity and ancient religion and archaeology. He writes and researches
Month: November 2020
In the Company of Others Humbly Seeking Spirit
Last Sunday, a group opened by a rich worship about discerning our purpose lingered to share the spiritual practices holding them up during the isolation of the coronavirus pandemic. Ministry and Counsel scheduled the discussion after a leading for deeper connection around this topic. Most found the more contemplative rhythm
The Ministry of Permaganic
It was with great joy that we at Cincinnati Friends Meeting (CFM) were able to allocate additional undesignated funds to Permaganic, the ministry of Luke and Angela Ebner. Permaganic was founded in 2010 to continue the legacy of the EcoGarden, Over-the-Rhine’s 22-year-old community vegetable garden and orchard located in downtown
Would You Do What They Did for Equality?
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, the amendment that gave women the right to vote. In 1920, the state of Tennessee became the last state needed to ratify it and make it the law of the land. As with
Artsy Fartsy Kids “Go by the Book”
Frustrated by vanishing grants and behavioral changes in her children resulting from deteriorating housing, evictions, and trauma, Cathy Barney discerned that it was time to alter Artsy Fartsy Saturdays, the arts ministry for marginalized kids that she founded in 2012 under the care of Cincinnati Friends Meeting. She was led
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