What to Expect in a Quaker Meeting for Worship
What can you expect in a Quaker Worship Service? This is a guide for newcomers on the basics: what to expect in Quaker Meeting for Worship.
Why I Stopped Paying Taxes
Quaker War Tax Resistance: In 1994, Joseph Olejak stopped paying taxes. Find out why, and what his Quaker Meeting did when it landed him in jail.
What is a Quaker?
What is a Quaker? Watch this quick 5 minute video and hear from 6 actual members of the Quaker religion. Most people are unfamiliar with the Quaker religion, or they confuse us for the guy on the Quaker Oats box. In this video, we ask 6 Friends what it means to be a practicing Quaker.
Are Quakers Amish?
This week’s Quaker video: “You’re a Quaker? You mean, like, Amish?” It’s something all Quakers have heard. Max Carter, professor of Quaker religion studies at Guilford College, tells us about the differences between Quakers and the Amish.
Can Self-Promotion Be Spirit-Led?
When I first received the call to do this work, my core values were offended. Hadn’t I already rejected the part of myself that strives for public attention? I was so attached to my humbleness that I refused to “self-promote”. Ironically, it was my pride and self-will that got in the way of my calling to publicize this ministry.
Thomas Kelly: Room For the Infinite (Video by Coleman Watts)
Thomas Kelly (1893-January 17, 1941) was an American Quaker educator. He taught and wrote on the subject of mysticism.
This visual essay is the work of Coleman Watts, which he completed for the Quaker Leadership Scholars Program at Guilford College.