Hi Friends, I need your help! I'm editing an upcoming month of The Daily Quaker Message on the theme "Famous Quaker Quotes." What are your favorite well-known Quaker quotes? Please leave a comment (with attribution if you know it) and you might see your fav in the Daily Quaker Message in October!
To wrap up season three, we’re counting down our top five most impactful episodes of the year. Join us as we revisit the moments that sparked the most conversation and discover how these centuries-old practices can help us make sense of the modern world. quakerpodcast.com/our-top-5-ep...
Our Top 5 Episodes of Season 3
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Ever wonder if you have Quaker ancestors? Here are some tips to find out! 🕊️ Search Quaker records online – If your ancestors lived in Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, or Virginia, Ancestry .com has scanned Quaker records.
John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892) was an abolitionist, poet, and writer whose life was shaped deeply by his Quaker faith. Raised on a struggling farm in Massachusetts, Whittier was only able to attend school during the winter when his labor wasn’t needed.
Join Mark Winner and Liz Brainard as they share how Open Table Friends Church threw out the polished facade of their religious tradition to build a digital sanctuary rooted in chaotic joy and messy authenticity. quakerpodcast.com/quaker-meeti...
Quaker Meeting for Fun
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Match the novel to its quote about Quakers! 📚️ Novels: A) The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare B) The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood C) Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe D) Moby Dick by Herman Melville E) Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte F) Middlemarch by George Eliot
An active-duty soldier experiences a sudden moral awakening that leaves him trapped inside the military machine he can no longer answer to. We go inside the barracks to discover the Quakers who are helping him get out. quakerpodcast.com/a-quaker-gui...
A Quaker Guide to Leaving the Military
An active-duty soldier experiences a sudden moral awakening that leaves him trapped inside the military machine he can no longer answer to. We go inside the barracks to discover the Quakers who are…
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The Fellowship of Quakers in the Arts (FQA) is an organization dedicated to nurturing and showcasing literary, visual, musical, and performing arts within the Religious Society of Friends.
Honolulu Friends Meeting traces Quaker worship in Hawaiʻi back to 1836, with formal organization in 1936. Built with lava-rock masonry and wood framing, the meetinghouse sits on a quarter-acre property first developed as a home in the 1920s. You're invited to worship! www.hawaiiquaker.org
Well-known Quaker pacifist George Lakey shares his lifetime of nonviolent activism. quakerpodcast.com/quaker-pacif...
Quaker Pacifism: A Better Way to Engage in Conflict
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What should you wear to Quaker meeting? Anything you feel comfortable in! Most Friends wear their "normal" clothes, whatever that means to them. Quakers value simplicity, which can mean anything from clothing choices from plain dress (like the Friend in this photo), to thrifted clothing.
The American Revolution was a dangerous time to be a Quaker. Because of their commitment to pacifism, most Quakers refused to support either side in the war. They would not serve in the military, donate war supplies, swear loyalty oaths, or use Continental currency. (A thread)
This week, on the podcast, Quaker historian Max Carter joins us to unpack the radical, plain-speaking movement that quietly hardwired the nation's legal system, culture, and architecture. quakerpodcast.com/how-quakers-...
The Daily Quaker Message will be back to its regular schedule on August 31. Until then, you can browse our archive at dailyquaker.com/archive or help us out by taking our survey at dailyquaker.com/reader-survey Have a great summer! 🌞
Betsy Ross, known as the woman who sewed the first American flag, was born into a Quaker family in Philadelphia and educated at a Friends school. To her family’s dismay, she fell in love with a fellow apprentice upholsterer and eloped at the age of 21.
This week on the podcast, we trace the chilling historical parallels between 1930s Germany and the modern political moment as Quaker lawyer Scott Holmes crafts a modern declaration of resistance. quakerpodcast.com/a-quaker-res...
Have you heard the story of the Quaker woman who spied for America during the Revolutionary War? In December of 1777, the British had occupied Philadelphia for three months. British General William Howe took over private residences near the home of Lydia Darragh.
Happy Father’s Day from Richard Nixon! After 60 years of lobbying by a woman who loved her single father (and later by a trade group of tie manufacturers and tobacco companies), Father’s Day was officially signed into law as a national holiday by President Nixon in 1972.
![Value just being. [Just being] is active, not passive. Being still is not ‘failing’ to move forward; things are happening in the seeming stillness… valuable things like rest, recovery, happiness; feeding body, heart, mind, or spirit; a period of calm before a time of use of energy; growth; learning; tasting and steeping in the truths and realities.
Citation: Kim Edwards, 2018
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![[The Lamb] puts spiritual weapons into [his subjects’] hearts and hands: their armor is the light, their sword the Spirit of the Father and the Son; their shield is faith and patience; their paths are prepared with the gospel of peace and good will towards all the creation of God. …All that are faithful have their armor on, ready day and night to follow the Lamb, as he moves, counting nothing hard to undergo…. And this is love indeed to lay down all for such as are yet enemies.
Citation: James Nayler, 1657
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