On Thursday, April 13, I shared with the Daytime Spirituality group, “My Personal Credo.” A credo is defined as “a statement of the beliefs or aims which guide someone’s actions.” Periodically I evaluate my credo, recognizing that I am forever evolving, and God, as understood through our Quaker tradition, is
Judy Leasure…Faithful Servant
For many years Judy Leasure has served as the Editor of the Traveling Friend. She recently decided to step down from this position, which saddened many of us. Judy produced a newsletter that went far beyond the regular announcement of upcoming events, and a summary of past events. Under Judy’s
Channeling Mary J. Taylor
Compassion and courage. Those two words leap to my mind when I think about Mary J. Taylor. They’re the reason why I chose to speak as her at the Heritage Village Museum’s First Person Program Series on March 24. Mary and her parents left Virginia in 1814 when she was
CFM Roots: A Second Meetinghouse
Throughout 1829, as contention over the teachings of Elias Hicks continued, not a month went by that did not involve either dealing with or disowning members of the meeting who were sympathetic to his views. The disagreements over who were the rightful members of the meeting raised another specter: who
CFM Roots: The Hicksite Separation
Not long after Cincinnati Friends Meeting was established in 1815, an itinerant Long Island preacher named Elias Hicks became a nexus of controversy among Quakers on the East Coast. In the tradition of George Fox, Hicks strongly advocated for relying on the Inner Light for guidance, to the extent that