Out There

Out there is loud. In here is quiet, peaceful. Out there… ego. Here, humble. Out there is achievement. In here, purpose. Out there… anger. Here, kindness. Out there are assumptions and quick reactions. In here, patience and pause. Out there, truth is a compromised weapon. Here, integrity centered in love.

Beloved Community

The last weekend of July proved much more than a recording of my gifts of ministry during the Wilmington Yearly Meeting annual sessions in Maryville, TN. I expanded the depth and the breadth of my Beloved Community, completed an ancestral Quaker circle, shared a moment with younger, inspiring Quaker ministers,

Firefly Lights up (at) Quaker Knoll

The brainchild of Beulah Baptist Church’s Lynn Davis, and developed in collaboration with CFM’s Cathy Barney, the recent July 12-14 weekend camping retreat grew out of the relationship established between the two faith communities through their participation in the interfaith organization Equasion. (https://equasion.org/who-we-are/) Bertha Lynn wanted to give Beulah kids