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
To Gaze at Stars
The Double Priority
In the course of studying the history of the people called Quakers, two major contributions come into prominence. On the one hand, Friends are known for their active social concern. Since their beginning, the story of Friends attacking a series of social evils has been a thrilling one. The most
CFM Roots: Slavery and Abolition
During the nineteenth century, it was impossible for Cincinnati Friends to avoid being drawn into the most contentious debate in the history of our nation: the clash over slavery. Quakers were universally opposed to slavery by the mid-nineteenth century, but it had been a position arrived at gradually. When visiting