How do you know if members of your family were Quakers? Here’s how to research your Quaker ancestry.Watch the video! --> https://fdsj.nl/quaker-ancestrySupport us on Patreon --> fdsj.nl/patreon2Subscribe to Friends Journal —> fdsj.nl/FJ-SubscribeMusic from this episode —> www.jonwattsmusic.comFriends Journal

How do Quakers “love thy neighbor”? For Michael Birkel, it meant crossing religious boundaries to have meaningful conversations with his Muslim neighbors.Watch the video! --> fdsj.nl/quranSupport us on Patreon --> fdsj.nl/patreon2Subscribe to Friends Journal —> fdsj.nl/FJ-SubscribeMusic from this episode —> www.jonwattsmusic.com…

How can Quakers play a role in racial healing? According to Sterling Duns, it’s going to take a lot of dreaming.Watch the video! --> fdsj.nl/racial-healingSupport us on Patreon --> fdsj.nl/patreon2Subscribe to Friends Journal —> fdsj.nl/FJ-SubscribeMusic from this episode —> www.jonwattsmusic.comFriends Journal

As Quakers, we have a practice of regularly asking ourselves tough questions. As Doug Gwyn points out, it helps us to live more authentic and integrated lives.Watch the video! --> fdsj.nl/quaker-querySupport us on Patreon --> fdsj.nl/patreon2Subscribe to Friends Journal —> fdsj.nl/FJ-SubscribeMusic from this episode —> www.jonwattsmusic.com…

As a social worker, Melody George feels passionate about what she calls “mental diversity” in faith communities. How are Quakers in a unique position to build this diversity?Watch the video! --> http://fdsj.nl/mental-healthSupport us on Patreon --> fdsj.nl/patreon2Subscribe to Friends Journal —> fdsj.nl/FJ-SubscribeMusic from this episode —> www.jo…

What is the Quaker approach to peace activism? For Anthony Manousos, it means that peace starts within.Watch the video! --> http://fdsj.nl/quaker-peace-activistSupport us on Patreon --> fdsj.nl/patreon2Subscribe to Friends Journal —> fdsj.nl/FJ-SubscribeMusic from this episode —> www.jonwattsmusic.com…

Quaker painter Adrian Martinez works in solitude yet craves the communal silence of Quaker worship. We talk with him about art, spirituality, and how a poor kid from D.C. wound up painting for U.S. presidents.Watch the video! --> http://fdsj.nl/quaker-painterSupport us on Patreon --> fdsj.nl/patreon2Subscribe to Friends Journal —> fdsj.nl/FJ-Subscr…

Why would you choose to be a Quaker? We asked 8 longtime Friends; we were blown away by their responses.Leave us a comment! --> http://fdsj.nl/why-quakerSupport us on Patreon --> fdsj.nl/patreon2Subscribe to Friends Journal —> fdsj.nl/FJ-SubscribeMusic from this episode —> www.jonwattsmusic.comFriends Journal

What happens when you try to sit in silence for an hour? In this week’s QuakerSpeak podcast, seven Quakers offer stories about the challenge of being alone with one’s thoughts and the opportunity for grace and true communion on the other side. Full video and transcript --> http://fdsj.nl/quaker-worship-pt1Support QuakerSpeak on Patreon! --> fdsj.nl…

Niyonu Spann, the Quaker founder of Beyond Diversity 101, talks about her idea of heaven and how she invites everyone (including white men) to fully bring it.Subscribe on iTunes --> fdsj.nl/QuakerSpeak-iTunesFull video and transcript --> http://fdsj.nl/niyonu-spannSupport QuakerSpeak on Patreon! --> fdsj.nl/patreon2Subscribe to Friends Journal —> f…

What does it take to be a Quaker? The six Friends in this week’s video explain that it’s simple, yet potentially radical.Subscribe on iTunes --> fdsj.nl/QuakerSpeak-iTunesFull video and transcript --> http://fdsj.nl/monica-quakerSupport QuakerSpeak on Patreon! --> fdsj.nl/patreon2Subscribe to Friends Journal —> fdsj.nl/FJ-SubscribeGet the DVD! --> …

Many Quakers have experienced the public confusion between Quakers and the Amish. Max Carter clears it up, once and for all.Subscribe on iTunes --> fdsj.nl/QuakerSpeak-iTunesFull video and transcript --> http://fdsj.nl/max-carter-amishSupport QuakerSpeak on Patreon! --> http://fdsj.nl/patreon2Subscribe to Friends Journal —> fdsj.nl/FJ-SubscribeGet …

How will we avoid succumbing to the crises facing us as humans and as residents of planet Earth? According to Marcelle Martin, a Quaker practice may hold the key.Subscribe on iTunes --> fdsj.nl/QuakerSpeak-iTunesFull video and transcript --> http://fdsj.nl/marcelle-martinSupport QuakerSpeak with a subscription to Friends Journal —>fdsj.nl/FJ-Subscr…

This week on the Quaker Speak podcast: Noah Baker Merrill discusses sacramental living, Quaker Voluntary Service, and how our Quaker prophetic witness can transform the world.Subscribe on iTunes --> fdsj.nl/QuakerSpeak-iTunesFull video and transcript --> http://fdsj.nl/quakers-transform-worldSupport QuakerSpeak with a subscription to Friends Journa…

When these four Earlham College students were standing in line for hot dogs, one of them cracked a joke about something being a "Quaker Problem". Little did they know it would become a full-on international meme within the course of weeks.Subscribe on iTunes --> fdsj.nl/QuakerSpeak-iTunesFull video and transcript --> http://fdsj.nl/quaker-memeSuppo…

Victoria Greene’s son Emir was killed in 1997, one of countless victims society ignores. Now her ministry is to support families of murder victims and bring attention to the fact that every murder is real.Subscribe on iTunes --> fdsj.nl/QuakerSpeak-iTunesFull video and transcript --> http://fdsj.nl/victoria-greeneSupport QuakerSpeak with a subscrip…

Eden Grace explains how the sacred discernment of seemingly trivial decisions can transform the world.Subscribe on iTunes --> fdsj.nl/QuakerSpeak-iTunesFull video and transcript --> http://fdsj.nl/quaker-decision-makingSupport QuakerSpeak with a subscription to Friends Journal —>fdsj.nl/FJ-SubscribeGet the DVD! -->www.QuakerSpeak.com/DVDQuakerSpeak…

Quakers threw out everything they saw as “empty forms” in the church of their day, including communion and baptism. Earlham School of Religion professor Michael Birkel explains why.Subscribe on iTunes --> fdsj.nl/QuakerSpeak-iTunesFull video and transcript --> http://fdsj.nl/quakers-dont-take-communionSupport QuakerSpeak with a subscription to Frie…

Quakers say that “God dwells within everyone.” What does it look like to take that seriously?Subscribe on iTunes --> fdsj.nl/QuakerSpeak-iTunesFull video and transcript --> http://fdsj.nl/im-always-at-quaker-meetingSupport QuakerSpeak with a subscription to Friends Journal —>fdsj.nl/FJ-SubscribeGet the DVD! -->www.QuakerSpeak.com/DVDQuakerSpeak is …

How do Quakers read the Bible? While there may be many approaches, they all share a common thread, as Paul Buckley explains.Subscribe on iTunes --> fdsj.nl/QuakerSpeak-iTunesFull video and transcript --> http://fdsj.nl/quakers-bibleSupport QuakerSpeak with a subscription to Friends Journal —>fdsj.nl/FJ-SubscribeGet the DVD! -->www.QuakerSpeak.com/D…

“The Quaker testimony on equality began in worship, and it began with the experience that women were called by the Spirit of God to speak in the ministry.”Subscribe on iTunes --> fdsj.nl/QuakerSpeak-iTunesFull video and transcript --> http://fdsj.nl/quaker-women-in-ministrySupport QuakerSpeak with a subscription to Friends Journal —>fdsj.nl/FJ-Subs…

Justimore discusses being a Gay Christian Pastor in Kenya, homosexuality in Africa, and coming out as gay in Kenya.Subscribe on iTunes --> fdsj.nl/QuakerSpeak-iTunesFull video and transcript --> http://fdsj.nl/coming-out-in-kenyaSupport QuakerSpeak with a subscription to Friends Journal —>fdsj.nl/FJ-SubscribeQuakerSpeak is directed by Jon Watts —> …

The act of creating music from Quaker spiritual writings helped Paulette Meier through a difficult time in her life. These songs are unlike anything you’ve ever heard.Subscribe on iTunes --> fdsj.nl/QuakerSpeak-iTunesFull video and transcript --> http://fdsj.nl/quaker-faith-songSupport QuakerSpeak with a subscription to Friends Journal —>fdsj.nl/FJ…

Why are Quakers pacifists? We talked with George Lakey about Quakers’ call to struggle, the myth that violence works, and how that’s all changing.Subscribe on iTunes --> http://fdsj.nl/QuakerSpeak-iTunesFull video and transcript --> http://fdsj.nl/18VVc87Support QuakerSpeak with a subscription to Friends Journal —>fdsj.nl/FJ-SubscribeQuakerSpeak is…

We asked a diverse group of Friends what they find most valuable about silence in Meeting for Worship. This is what they said.Subscribe on iTunes --> fdsj.nl/QuakerSpeak-iTunesFull video and transcript --> http://fdsj.nl/quakers-and-silenceSupport QuakerSpeak with a subscription to Friends Journal —>fdsj.nl/FJ-SubscribeQuakerSpeak is directed by Jo…