As I was sorting through the papers on my desk, I came across a letter that I had written to the members and attenders of Cincinnati Friends Meeting dated March 1, 2020. In essence it said that because of COVID-19, we were appointing an Ad Hoc Public Health Committee, and
Articles from January 2021
Scriptures Regarding Christian Love for LGBTQ Folks
I recently watched Kody Hersh’s QuakerSpeak video entitled How Jesus Affirms My Queerness, and was disappointed by the negative comments in some of the follow-up posts. I began to formulate counter-responses to those who staunchly refused to accept that God/Jesus loves all people, including LGBTQ folks, just as they are.
Because Community: The Language of Friends
In her book Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language, the linguist Gretchen McCulloch astutely observes that the way people in a given locality speak doesn’t often change much, even in the face of many technological advances: …people were still talking like their neighbors rather than like TV and
Working as a Team: My Daily Bread
In my hospital workplace, I am grateful for working on a team rather than strictly on my own. The work we do as rehab therapists is often—I’d even say usually—very difficult. Every day, we work with people who are sick, wounded, and debilitated, both physically and mentally. If not for