The call for honesty lies at the heart of Quakerism. It is a testimony rooted in the Quaker respect for truthfulness. . . . Respect for...

A recent article in the New York Times, “The Power of Community, Religious and Secular” by David Wolpe (7/2/23) discussed the reasons...

Take Away The Occasion Of All War I told them . . . that I lived in the virtue of that life and power that takes away the occasion of all...

A Quaker is…. 1. A person who accepts the testimonies of silence, integrity, community, social justice, environmentalism. We value and...

Keep It Simple Simplicity consists not in the use of particular forms but in avoiding self-indulgence, in maintaining humility of spirit,...

Fortunately, in this post-pandemic world, we now have more options for how we get together. After closing for a while, worshipping...

The slow and beautiful road of spirituality that led me to Quakerism has played out over many years in my life through seeking what is my...

On Sunday mornings, Quakers worship in an hour of what we call unprogrammed worship. That means nothing planned in advance: no sermon,...

The Religious Society of Friends is a worldwide community of faith, based on experience of a transforming power named many ways: the...

Many people think of the Amish when they hear the word "Quaker" and look for horses and buggies being driven by men with beards and straw...

1. Choose a spiritual text (Biblical verse or a section from SEYM Faith & Practice), read for 10 minutes, sit with for 10 minutes, then...

Feeling Lost and longing for Direct Spiritual Connection, free of anything between you and the Spirit within? Longing for Spirituality,...