Last Sunday, Jim Newby spoke on the role of silence in expectant worship and the call to give vocal ministry. Here’s a QuakerSpeak video that that shares more on that subject:
Spiritual Reflections
Reflections on a Retreat Led by Michael Birkel
I don’t know what I expected Michael Birkel to be like. Maybe a sobersided Quaker or a professorial academic. Whatever I expected, I was delightfully wrong. Michael Birkel is lighthearted, very funny, personable, and self-effacing. He stated at the outset that if his humor offended, to let him know. “I
Poetry as a Spiritual Practice
The following three untitled poems came out of my time in Michael Ramos’s “Seeking the Light Through Poetry” spiritual nurture group, which meets the third Tuesday of each month from 6:30 to 8:00 PM. There is a book about forever Endless chapters inside time. What will be my final word
Stubborn Flowers
On February 4, 2024, Dr. Corey Cockerill, interim president of Wilmington College, gave the following message during worship at Cincinnati Friends Meeting. I shared this message in the fall with Wilmington Friends. And I cannot seem to shake it. It continues to resonate with me—perhaps even more today. It’s about
Biblical Spiritual Gifts
What is a spiritual gift? I didn’t have a clue back in the 1980s when I decided to become a Christ-follower at the age of thirty-four. More on that later. A spiritual gift is a supernatural ability to serve or perform a task that God has called you to do