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It’s a good (and short!) overview of basic Quaker Christian beliefs. There are chapters on worship, spiritual sacraments, ministry, peace, how Quakers’ unusual way of doing business is Biblical, and working in Christ’s power.
I’d recommend it for people new to Quakers. Even if you’re not, you might still find some new insights. I did.
The overseers / ministry & worship / ministry & pastoral care / etc committee of every Quaker meeting should read this. Even if your meeting is in good shape right now (or seems to be), this will give you the awareness to notice when things start to slip, before you look back on 10 years wondering what happened to your meeting.
Edith Maxwell: Delivering the truth (2016)
"For Quaker midwife Rose Carroll, life in Amesbury, Massachusetts, provides equal measures of joy and tribulation. She delights in attending …
Kevin Roose, raised in a liberal Quaker (for those unfamiliar, liberal Quakers are culturally similar to Unitarian Universalists) household, set out on a "study domestic" to Liberty University, to experience American evangelical Christian culture. He hoped to humanize these people who were, to him, a stereotype or a caricature. By the end of the semester, he's found (as Quakers say) "that of God" in not just his fellow students but even in Jerry Falwell.
Everyone in FGC should borrow this from their Meeting's library. It does a great job of showing the origins of Liberal Quakerism and how far things have changed from the days of being called Hicksites.
Contrary to what one might assume, the Hicksite/Liberal branch was originally made up of country Friends who preferred adherence to the Discipline while leaving theology an open question.
Deborah Lantz hopes to leave her new home in Texas as soon as she can, …
It was a cute story, but the Dietsch scattered throughout was awkward.
I was immediately thrown out of the story near the beginning when the main character, Deborah, is described as "not even owning a mirror" (to show a lack of vanity). Thing is, she's Amish. She wears a prayer covering. I wear one too, so I can tell you she certainly has a mirror. You can't put your covering on straight without one! One edge will be farther forward, or it'll be off center by an inch or three. Totally unrealistic for someone who wears a head covering to not own a mirror.
It also just so happens that I read a book by an ex-Amish woman recently that specifically says weddings happen 2 weeks after the marriage is announced, so it stuck out as poor research that a wedding in this book occurs 6 weeks after the bishop …
It was a cute story, but the Dietsch scattered throughout was awkward.
I was immediately thrown out of the story near the beginning when the main character, Deborah, is described as "not even owning a mirror" (to show a lack of vanity). Thing is, she's Amish. She wears a prayer covering. I wear one too, so I can tell you she certainly has a mirror. You can't put your covering on straight without one! One edge will be farther forward, or it'll be off center by an inch or three. Totally unrealistic for someone who wears a head covering to not own a mirror.
It also just so happens that I read a book by an ex-Amish woman recently that specifically says weddings happen 2 weeks after the marriage is announced, so it stuck out as poor research that a wedding in this book occurs 6 weeks after the bishop is brought in.
The Legend of Beka Cooper gives Tamora Pierce's fans exactly what they want—a smart and savvy heroine making a name …
A Wrinkle in Time is a young adult novel written by American author Madeleine L'Engle. First published in 1962, the …
Introduces Lily Lapp who, beginning at age five, finds opportunities for blessings, laughter, learning, and …
Cute story about a little Amish girl (by an ex-Amish author!) and life on their family's little farm.
