When Cincinnati Friends Meeting was established in 1815, worship was conducted in much the same manner that Quakers had been using for the preceding 150 years. Women sat on one side of the meetinghouse, and men on the other. When the Religious Society of Friends was founded by George Fox
CFM Roots: The First Meetinghouse
In honor of our meeting’s 200th anniversary in 2015, Sabrina Darnowsky wrote a book entitled Friends Past and Present: The Bicentennial History of Cincinnati Friends Meeting (1815–2015). To help people become more familiar with our past, sections of this book are being posted via the online Traveling Friend. You can
Making Decisions in the Beloved Community
I want to comment on what I witnessed yesterday at Cincinnati Friends Meeting. It was a “called meeting” about a pivotal decision that the community freely decided to open up to all concerned members in order to discuss, articulate and codify a consensus decision about a way to go forward
CFM Roots: Simple Beginnings
In honor of our meeting’s 200th anniversary in 2015, Sabrina Darnowsky wrote a book entitled Friends Past and Present: The Bicentennial History of Cincinnati Friends Meeting (1815–2015). To help people become more familiar with our past, sections of this book are being posted via the online Traveling Friend. You can
The mountains have called him home
As the winter of 2022 was nearing its end, Greg Keairns was making plans, as he did for so many years as winters came to a close. The mountains, in their quietness and in their serenity, were calling him once again. There would come that time as the new Spring