At 80, my friend Margaret confessed, “I just don’t know what I want to be when I grow up.” That quickly became my mantra and, unknowingly, she became my role model. We eagerly worked to build race relations locally, swapped books and thoughts at our neighborhood club, prayed together, and
Month: November 2023
CFM Roots: The Civil War
During periods of conflict in England, the Quaker leader George Fox affirmed that he was “sent of God to stand a witness against all violence, and…to bring [people] from the occasion of war and fighting to the peaceable gospel.” This commitment to non-violence has been one of the most enduring
Upcoming Spiritual Nurture Groups
Something good is happening at Cincinnati Friends Meeting. Beloved community is forming. We see it in worship, we feel it in fellowship, and we experienced it at the Spiritual Nurture & Gifts Retreat on November 4. I have participated in spiritual nurture groups at Cincinnati Friends Meeting since I first