Musings of a Quaker Witch (Pagan Quaker)

Is there a spiritual practice you'd like to be doing regularly, but that you find you aren't quite managing to do? I am putting to...

I am having so very much fun singing with the Edinburgh Complaints Choir, part of the Edinburgh Arts Festival. I signed up because I have...

At Friends General Conference Gathering this summer, I was scheduled to facilitate an updated version of my workshop "The Goddess Is ...

Minute of Exercise from Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Annual Sessions 2013: On 7/25/13, approximately 60 people met to respond to the Trans...

It seemed like an odd time of year to be thinking about death. It's spring; life is bounding forth.  It's Beltane, a welcoming of ...

First off, yesterday was Beltane and I was somewhere warm.  That was wonderful.  (What's "warm"?  Er, 15 C / 59 F.  My, how my...

At 9:30 tonight, it was not yet fully dark, and the sky was an amazing deep, bright color, somewhere between deep turquoise and indigo.  W...

I wrote this for my friends on Facebook.  And then people kept asking me if they could share it.  I am honored.   Also, I am grateful to m...

Dear Gavin Brown, Over the weekend, "Scotland for Marriage" put a horrible pamphlet through our letter slot urging residents in...

The eight spokes on the Wheel of the Year are lovely waypoints for me to check in spiritually -- with myself, with my spiritual friends, wit...

There are two women I am feeling particularly grateful to right now: Alexandria Goddard and Jane Doe. Last week, my social networking feed...

A Letter To My Sons About Stopping Rape Dear Boys, Some really horrible things happened to someone who could be one of your friends, and it ...

An Epistle from Friends for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Concerns, Midwinter Gathering 2013 To All Friends Everywhere, ...

[UPDATE: Briefs are available to read here .]  Friends for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Concerns (FLGBTQC) has signed f...

[UPDATE: Briefs are available to read here .] I recently attended the Mid-Winter Gathering of Friends for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transge...

I am looking for same-sex marriage minutes from larger Quaker bodies, preferably US.  I'm afraid I need them in rather a hurry, as ...

Happy Brigid! It's half-way between Winter Solstice and Spring Equinox, and the days are definitely getting longer. Have you noticed...

bread and roses spiritual nurture presents Edinburgh's Third Annual Winter Solstice Celebration A Celebration of the Darkness a...

I follow Ragen Chastain's blog, Dances with Fat ( http://danceswithfat.wordpress.com/blog/ ). Today I was reading an article of hers w...

I was reminded of this question recently during a conversation with a friend and another acquaintance. "Are you willing to suffer to ...