Friends General Conference Joins over Two Dozen Religious Groups in New Immigration Lawsuit

Another Quaker-related lawsuit against immigration enforcement in houses of worship dropped today.

“Where are all the children now?”

From Craig Barnett: “Most Quaker communities now have no children’s meeting, and this has come to seem normal. Many people who have joined in the last couple of decades have never seen a child in a Meeting House, and take it for granted that a Quaker Meeting is only for retired people.” I don’t know […]

Building Relationships Across Politics

I had a nice interview with Wisconsin Friend Kat Griffith. She likes, even loves, going door-to-door in her “purple” district and talking politics to strangers. She’s a wonderful storyteller too and it was hard not to laugh as she talked about some of these adventures (spoiler: she’s braver than I am!). In a time of […]

Quakers Learn about Work at the United Nations

I wrote up a presentation that Sarah Clarke and Bo Méndez gave about their work with the Quaker United Nations Office.

New England Quaker general secretary Noah Merrill spoke to CBS News about the DHS lawsuit

My introductory column in the February FJ

“I think Quaker business meetings have another purpose: they give us practice in decision making, and we build trust in one another. When something extraordinary comes up that has to be dealt with immediately, we kick into action using the muscle memory from all of those Sunday afternoons spent talking about the finances. Because we’re […]

New Tom Gates blog: Quakers and the End of Scapegoating

Philadelphia-area Friend Tom Gates has started a blog. Tom’s a very grounded and thoughtful Friend and I’m glad to know we’ll be seeing more of his writings.

Quakers Sue DHS over Immigration Enforcement and Religious Freedom — Friends Journal

Obviously the biggest Quaker news this week is a number of Quaker bodies (including my own Philadelphia Yearly Meeting) suing the Department of Homeland Security over policy changes that allow immigration agents to go into house of worship. The suit is being widely reported in mainstream media.