Musings of a Quaker Witch (Pagan Quaker)

I am so excited to announce the release of the anthology "Pagan Consent Culture: Building Communities of Empathy and Autonomy," e...

Friends Journal has an upcoming special issue (April?) on accessibility within Quakerism.   By now, I think everyone who submitted pieces...

A good Brigid / Candlemas / Imbolc to you! Brigid is the triple Goddess of smithcraft, healing, and poetry. What are some ways creativi...

I had been waiting to write about this until I could carve out some time to address it in more depth.  But integrity is demanding I say some...

I was putting a tea bag into the compost bin on the kitchen counter this afternoon when I was suddenly struck by how much things have ch...

2015 Fellowship Gathering Clerk’s Letter and Epistle Dear Friends, The Fellowship of Friends of African Descent was born out of ...

Here are some of the posts I promised on this topic for suicide-loss survivors and supporters of those who have tried to die by suicide.  Ma...

Here are some of the posts I promised on this topic for suicide-loss survivors and supporters of those who have tried to die by suicide.  Ma...

If you are struggling with thoughts of suicide, please, talk to someone.  In the US , anyone can call the National Suicide Prevention L...

[image: vintage postcard displaying "Greetings from Texas, the Lone Star State" with a cowboy hat hanging on the T and E] ...

Hurricane Katrina satellite view, 28 August 2005* The ten-year anniversaries of Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma have been much on m...

...then here is something concrete you can do. I admit this is reminding me so very much of both of the aftermath of September 11th, 2001 ...

Tomorrow (Saturday, 20 June, 2015) is Summer Solstice in the northern hemisphere, and also Pride Edinburgh 2015.  Here is something I wrote ...

Note: This is my write-up from 2013.  - sm I'm a Pagan and I live in Edinburgh: the big question many people are asking me is, "D...

After being part of Quakers Uniting in Publications (QUIP) for many years, I finally got to go to a QUIP conference!  The location tra...

This is just beautiful -- and it calls us to action. Please read it, and if it resonates for you, regardless of how you label yourself, pl...

Well, it turned out the brief FLGBTQC signed on to in the US Supreme Court case(s) was not yet the last as we had all hoped: we've also...

Happy March Equinox ! Happy Eostara in the northern hemisphere! What are the sunrise and sunset times where you are?  How many hours of d...

Readings from a recent meeting of my Local Meeting's Es&Os (Elders & Overseers).  This was fairly deep with us, and so I though...

It is my joy and privilege to announce that Friends for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Concerns (FLGBTQC) ( http://flgbtqc...