There are sections of the Gospels that I find challenging to comprehend. For example, Jesus tells his listeners that calling their brother a fool puts their soul in danger, yet Jesus himself calls the Pharisees a brood of vipers. This man who described himself as “gentle and lowly of heart”
Quaker History
CFM Roots: Our First Library
To provide educational materials for its members, in April of 1830 Cincinnati Friends Meeting decided to establish a library. Within a month, 80 books and a number of pamphlets had been collected, and Ephraim Morgan was named the first librarian. The following December, he and several other Friends were appointed
CFM Roots: Cincinnati Friends School
When the Religious Society of Friends was first established in the seventeenth century, Quakers tended to be skeptical of higher education, which was often regarded as vocational training for the paid clergy. However, they strongly supported basic education for both boys and girls. Yearly meetings encouraged monthly meetings to operate
CFM Roots: The First First-Day School
After the construction of the new meetinghouse in 1830, one of the first items of business was to start a First-Day School so that Orthodox Friends could pass on to their children the values and beliefs that they felt had been challenged during the Hicksite separation. Although interest in this
Channeling Mary J. Taylor
Compassion and courage. Those two words leap to my mind when I think about Mary J. Taylor. They’re the reason why I chose to speak as her at the Heritage Village Museum’s First Person Program Series on March 24. Mary and her parents left Virginia in 1814 when she was