Last October, I attended a Quaker lecture at Wilmington College on Right Sharing of World Resources (RSWR). RSWR is a Quaker non-profit based in Richmond, Indiana, that has two main organizational goals: To provide resources to marginalized women in developing countries (to improve the quality of life for the women,
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
The People Called Quakers
In January I began teaching another course on the people called Quakers. I teach this class, with some variation, at least twice a year. It is a class designed to help those who are in the process of discerning whether or not to become members of Cincinnati Friends Meeting, as
Baptists and Quakers Build an Extended Beloved Community
EquaSion congregations Beulah Missionary Baptist Church and Cincinnati Friends Meeting, located on opposite sides of town, welcomed one another for the third gathering this year as they broaden faith and racial connections. A group of about thirty, evenly split between the churches, met December 9 as Beulah Baptist hosted a
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