Friends across the Palmetto State really just Columbia and Aiken have started connecting together through zoom for their gatherings on Sunday. Faith and Practice by joining community and having fellowship together. In one of our next zoom gatherings. Friends will discuss our First Day program on Membership. Aaron Crosman will discuss his views on growing…
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Regina Moore
Having travelled over 20 countries preaching, teaching, and serving on themission field, Rev. Dr. Regina Henderson Moore has served in the localchurch, Duke University Chapel, and The United Methodist Church’sglobal ministries headquarters in New York City. Currently, she is theExecutive Minister and CEO of the South Carolina Christian Action Councilbased in Columbia. Dr. Moore resides…
White PPL in the bible?
This was a great read and rediscovery. This article tackles a great debate that has sparked a conversation among Quakers and Christian based religions. How did this image of European decent make its way to the forefront in a land dominated by people of color? Well lets go over to Friends Journal and learn some…
LORI DONATH SPIRITUAL JOURNEY
Please join Columbia Friends for a Second Hour Program on December 27th at 11:30 to hear the spiritual journey of Lori Donath from Columbia Friends Meeting. Lori Donath participates in various groups within Columbia FriendsMeeting; the rest of the time she mothers two young children, wrangles a wild yarden, and teaches about/studies language, culture, and…
Plowshare 7 1st Verdict
After a year of waiting since being convicted after trial in October 2019, two of the seven KBP defendants begin their sentences on Monday, December 14. Carmen Trotta and Martha Hennessy will be reporting to two different Federal Correctional Institutions on December 14 by 2 pm. There is a great risk of contracting the COVID-19…
Constitutional Convention Resolutions
December 10, 2020Constitutional Convention Resolutions: Why You Should CareResolutions to amend the U. S. Constitution through a “Balanced Budget Article V Convention” resolution or a “Convention of States” resolution made significant progress in the South Carolina General Assembly and have already been passed in legislatures in many states. These resolutions represent a substantial danger to…
Accepting Wallace’s Challenge
{jcomments lock} Note: Friend Jerry Rudolph and I have exchanged a series of comments appended to his January 2nd post, “Response to Wallace Article in Friends Journal” (see comments 3 and 4). What follows is a slightly edited version of my comment number 6, which I wanted to share more widely. –Mike Shell
A Conversation About Quakerism
Host Dennis Wholey for a conversation about Quakerism – beliefs and practices – with Deborra Sines Pancoe, member of the Religious Society of Friends in Philadelphia, PA http://www.quakerquaker.org/video/i-believe-program-visits
The Lighthouse
A tiny light is kept behind a glass A shutter swings and squeaks against the wind The stone is wrapped in vines, and weeds, and rain At sea, the ships toss and tack, looking out For light to guide them from the rocks, towards home. Alone, asleep, the keeper lays, wrapped up Against the cold,…
Parker Palmer on Violence
Parker Palmer: What I learned early on from some great teachers is that violence is not just a matter of dropping a bomb on someone or shooting a bullet at them or hitting them in the face. Violence is done whenever we violate the identity and integrity of the other. Violence is done when we demean,…