Death always walks among us, but these pandemic times have made us even more aware of the fragility of our physical bodies, and forces us to even if we do not directly experience death to support those around us who are. We welcomed Judith Brown of Toulouse meeting...

Friends turned to these writers for inspiration Richard Rohr, https://cac.org/category/daily-meditations/ - daily meditations which encourage reflection Henri Nouwen.  https://henrinouwen.org/read-nouwen/free-daily-meditation/  book “The Return of the...

We first considered what happens when we hear “racism” or even just, the term “race.”  Where do these words land in the body?  What emotions could these sensations point to?  The body feelings cited were often in the heart, the throat and were...

Because of an intensified interest in what Friends' role might be in creating a more just economic system, our spiritual deepening of 5 August was on Universal Basic Income. One area we wished to better inform ourselves is that of Universal Basic Income (UBI) which...

Notes taken during the 2020-08-19 Spiritual Deepening Session on Vocal Ministry We began our worship sharing session with the question, “What brings you here today?” Many spoke of how difficult it can be to discern the right time to speak, the message to give. ...

In August 2020, a Friend in Geneva shared during MfW the following quote from the book. “Guidance of life by the Light within is not exhausted as is too frequently supposed, in special leadings toward particular tasks. It begins first of all in a mass revision of our...

Ed began his talk by referring to an article in the Economist about why bother baking bread at home?  The head of an industrial bakery wrote an OpEd letter about baking bread in pandemic times. He praised it as as a social use of time, and an education; home...