The last day of QUIP was a fun time to hang out and say goodbye to our friends. I hope you all enjoyed our time together. I look forward to talking with you about promotions for Spirit Rising! This is the upstairs in the house the young adults slept in. It was a great house …
Saturday morning we had our worship service led by Harriet who passed around white paper in the shape of doves. On our paper, she instructed us to write our dreams and hopes for the book then release them into the “sky”. May the book have a life of its own just like the birds. Lunch …
This morning started out with a ride in the subway ending on 2nd street where I got out and walked to South Street. It was a hike with a twist. Along the way I got to see Society Hill which is beautiful and very historic and then all the interesting shops along South Street including …
Sitting in front of me were thirteen women, most of them African, expectantly looking at me to tell them about women in ministry. They were strong women with gifts and talents, a desire to serve, and living in a culture that generally speaking, does not give them many rights of their own. One of the …
So Sarah got back from Kenya and then what, she left, AGAIN? Yes. I came home from Kenya, spent Christmas here in Oregon and then repacked my bags for the Young Adult Quaker New Years Gathering in Northern California. It was fun and gave me time to work on a writing project I had to …
I belong to two churches, one Quaker and one not (it’s Christian). In one I have a great base from which to minister, the Quaker church, and in the other, I get a place to be ministered to in the forms of great discussions and time with young adult friends, Ecclesia. Now in both, there …
I didn’t blog last night because after our potluck in Portland I drove over to small group to catch the last bit of time with my friends there. Sitting on the couch, I knew driving home on the verge of crashing might not be the best idea so I stayed with Carole in Vancouver for …
(For those of you who don’t know, I am an Editorial Board member for the Quaker Youth Book Project. This letter is from our Project Coordinator, Angelina, and is being distributed to Quakers around the world.) Dear Friends, We’re excited to announce that it is now possible to donate to the Quaker Youth Book Project …
My purple coat has been showing up on random editorial board members running through the rain. Okay, it has just been Rachel and Katrina but I still find it greatly amusing and am glad I can give something to them in this small way. It has been raining as hard here these last two days …
