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For the June 2024 episode we are celebrating George Fox's 400th birthday! George Fox was born in July of 1624 and was a founder of the Religious Society of Friends. Our guest this episode is Dr. Jim LeShana, the current Superintendent of Northwest Yearly Meeting and a history buff of the Friends Church. Jim joins co-hosts Austin and Jacob as they discuss the life of George Fox, what the early Friends movement was like in 1624, and how we can learn from him today in 2024. If you are a history nerd this episode is sure to be a good one for you!

We were created for connection! God in his infinite wisdom gave us His word that guides us on how to live successfully in community. This sermon series is designed to help people see how their relationship with God impacts all of their other relationships, no matter what the status and to learn that putting God first helps us love and serve others!

Friends Church 111th Anniversary Key Verses: John 17:11, 20-21 Matthew Cork November 5, 2023

Many many people have experienced the pain of people in the church not being a great reflection of Jesus. Some have stopped going to church because the wounds were too deep. Others have walked away completely denouncing their faith even. We get it. We've been there. Matthew Cork from Friends Church comes to the table to share his story of church hurt and how he overcame the pain so as to continue in his purpose.

Speaker: Jeff Jarvis For years we've said that Friends Church is a community for people who don't feel they fit in traditional churches – but what does that actually mean? ...

Ken welcomes professor, fellow podcaster, and author Dr. Brad Onishi back to the podcast to talk about his new book - Preparing for War - The Extremist History of White Christian Nationalism and What Comes Next (release date: January 3, 2023). A long-time friend of the podcast, Brad has been busy after a major event in Denver focussed on Christian Nationalism last month with a large audience both live and virtual. It featured major influencers and thinkers including Robert P. Jones,  Sam Perry, Katherine Steward, Larycia Hawkins, and his podcast partner, Dan Miller. In addition to his regular podcast, Straight White American Jesus,. Brad is releasing a series on The New Apostolic Reformation with Professor Matthew Taylor, Ph.D. It's an expose on a growing movement advancing an extreme dominion version of Christianity. Brad introduces his book which traces what we now know as Christian Trumpism from the 1960s to the present in the context of his own personal journey - beginning with his conversion in high school in Orange County (CA); the great mid-west and Southern migration to California, the John Birch Society, The Crystal Cathedral and Robert Schuller, his own Friends Church (predominantly white) and Friendship Baptist Church (predominantly black), to Dr. James Dobson and his secular eugenicist mentor, Dr. Paul Pompenoe. Onishi fills in the background on two Jericho Marches, featuring Eric Metaxas, Michael Flynn and Alex Jones,  which were a prelude to the January 6 Insurrection. Finally, the two discuss the ways in which American Evangelicalism finds its roots in The Lost Case Narrative of the South. SHOW NOTESOriginally aired December 2022Purchase Brad's new Book: Preparing for War - The Extremist History of White Christian Nationalism--and What Comes Next   Become a patron: www.patreon.com/beachedwhitemaleSupport the show

In this episode of Quakers Today we ask, What is a daily practice that clears your head and steadies you for the day? The host of Quakers Today, Peterson Toscano, speaks with Karla Jay, the global ministries coordinator for Friends United Meeting. Her husband, Michael Jay, is the pastor of Raysville Friends Church. Karla has been on the pastoral team at Iglesia Amigos de Indianapolis, where her father, Carlos Moran, is pastor. Karla was an eye-witness to a modern revival in Wilmore, Kentucky, a spiritual event that made national news. Was it a hoax? Group hysteria? Or was this a genuine spiritual encounter? Karla Jay tells us what she heard and saw on her visit to Asbury University.The Aftershocks of the Asbury Revival (Inside Higher Ed)  A Quaker Experience at the Asbury Revival by Karla Jay Anthony Kirk, a transgender pastor at a Friends Church, shares a Bible passage that has been central to his spiritual and gender journey. Hear more in the QuakerSpeak.com video Made in the Image of God: A Transgender Pastor Shares Psalm 139 Kathleen B. Wilson dusted off and reformatted the writings of an early twentieth-century mystic and created the free on-line pamphlet Quaker Thomas Kelly: Life from the Center. We share readings of excerpts by Alissa Vanderbark, a Quaker Voluntary Service fellow, and Jonah Sutton-Morse, a member of Concord (N.H.) Meeting and a member of the Society of Friends Discord group.  You will find a complete transcript of this episode below after the show notes. After the episode concludes we share voicemails from listeners who answered the question, What is a daily practice that clears your head and steadies you for the day? Question for next month In the June episode of Quakers Today and the June issue of Friends Journal we consider the topic leadership.  The world is changing rapidly and these include changes in how we view our leaders in the political realm and in religious spaces. With so many people working remotely, even the relationships between managers and workers have changed.  Here is our question for you to consider. What do you expect and need in a leader? This could be a leader on the job, in a religious space, in your community or in the political world.  Leave a voice memo with your name and the town where you live. The number to call is 317-QUAKERS, that's 317-782-5377. +1 if calling from outside the U.S. Quakers Today is the companion podcast to Friends Journal and other Friends Publishing Corporation (FPC) content online. Season One of Quakers Today has been sponsored by Quaker Voluntary Service (QVS). QVS is the only organization in the United States dedicated solely to the spiritual and vocational needs of young adult Friends and seekers. Learn about the year-long fellowship program for young adults. Visit quakervoluntaryservice.org. And Follow QVS on Instagram @quakervoluntaryservice. Feel free to send comments, questions, and requests for our new show. Email us at podcast@friendsjournal.org. Music from this episode comes from Epidemic Sound. You heard Get a Hold on Me by Martin Klem, Revive Us by JOYSPRING, Toward Success by From Now On, Dear Friends and Gentle Hearts (Instrumental Version) by Roy Williams, Be This Way by Hallman, Got Nothing to Worry About by Garden Friend   Transcript for Quakers and Revival SPEAKERS Karla Jay, Alissa Vanderbark, Sunny, Jonah Sutton-Morse, Anthony Kirk, Peterson Toscano Peterson Toscano  00:00 In this episode of Quakers Today we ask, What is a daily practice that clears your head and steadies you for the day?" I speak with an eyewitness to a modern revival in Wilmore, Kentucky, a spiritual event that made national news. Was it a hoax? Group hysteria? Or was this a genuine spiritual encounter? Karla Jay tells us what she heard and saw on her visit to Asbury University. Anthony Kirk, a transgender pastor at a Friend's Church shares a Bible passage that has been central to his spiritual and gender journey. And Kathleen B Wilson dusted off and reformatted the writings of an early 20th century mystic. You will hear readings from the new pamphlet, Quaker Thomas Kelly, Life from the Center.  Peterson Toscano  00:49 I am Peterson Toscano. This is the sixth episode of Quakers Today, a project of Friends Publishing Corporation. This first season of Quakers Today has been sponsored by Quaker Voluntary Service.  Peterson Toscano  01:05 Karla Jay serves as the global ministries coordinator for Friends United Meeting or fu M. Her husband, Michael Jay,is the pastor of Rayville Friends Church. Karla has been on the pastoral team at Iglesia Amigos de Indianapolis, where her father Carlos Moran is pastor. Like many people, it was online that she first learned about the Asbury revival. Karla Jay  01:30 I just thought, oh, you know, these are people that probably want attention or just want to say that you know, the spirit is being poured over them. Peterson Toscano  01:40 On February 8 2023, after an on campus chapel service, a group of Asbury students decided to stay in the chapel to pray and sing. For the next two weeks students, community members and visitors from around the USA attended impromptu worship services. During that time classes were suspended online and in the media, people called it an outpouring of the Holy Spirit or the Asbury revival. According to Inside Higher Ed, "Asbury is part of the Wesleyan theological tradition, which emphasizes transformational encounters with the Holy Spirit." This year during the two weeks of nearly constant prayer and worship, over 50,000 visitors joined the students. Karla Jay was not interested in traveling the three hours to the Asbury campus. But her sister, who Karla doesn't get to see often, proposed they meet up and visit together. Karla shared with me what she saw and heard. And she reflects on what revival means to her. Karla Jay  02:47 It wasn't hard to find; the campus is not that big. We found it, and we saw that it will be a while before we got in. There was maybe 2000 people outside at the time we went there. Being already suspicious of what was happening, I was looking for like, are there any other Latinos? Are there other Black people here, you know, people that are different from regular white people? Or is this just like a white people movement? There was some other Latinos maybe not as many as I would have liked there to be. But there were some other Latinos in the crowd. The majority of the crowd was white.  Karla Jay  03:28 We waited about 45 minutes to get in. And in the meantime, an usher came in. He asked us, What did we need? And what were we doing there? Like, did we come for anything in particular? And we said, we just came to feel the presence and to be here. He said, Are there any needs that you have that you would like me to pray for you? And we said just that we feel the presence that he prayed for us, that we may feel the presence and that we may be blessed?   Karla Jay  04:03 It was just very quiet, even though there was music being played in the background. The worship leaders weren't not really leading people into worship. They were there. There was background music, people were praying, some people were singing to the music that was being played. Some people, if they felt like it, they went up and gave testimony. People were allowed to go in and out as they felt led. It almost felt like in a programed Meeting for Worship with background music. It wasn't organized. It was spontaneous.  Karla Jay  04:44 We were there for about an hour and a half. And I felt like we had only been there for 15 minutes. I didn't feel bored or anxious then. I usually feel that in a lot of church meetings, I'm bored. I'm anxious that I want to leave. I believe I've already sang these hymns before. I probably already heard that sermon before, whether the person that I'm listening to is new, but I probably already heard the sermon in some way or another. I did not feel that at Asbury. I just felt like there was peace there. And that whatever was happening, a genuine experience for most of the people there.  Karla Jay  05:26 Growing up Evangelical and Holiness, I did see adults making a plea for a revival to happen. But I'd never seen them asking for repentance or turning around. The church has been asking for revival to happen. But at the same time, I don't see many leaders of the church recognizing the sins that the church has been a part of . And some of that sin has to do with issues of justice. What I saw in Asbury is that this movement, or it might be too soon to call it revival, but this outpouring happen in very young people. I mean, these are college kids, they're not older than I don't know, twenty-three. They don't have any influence. They don't have any positions of power. This spontaneous worship happened among them. It didn't happen and an older generation that is not recognizing the sins and you know, like, the younger generation, it's been more honest about the injustice that is happening in this country. That might have something to do with you know, recognizing that not everyone in this country has the same justice and being able to recognize that and be able to say we are going to make a difference. I think that in itself is the movement of the Holy Spirit. God is not going to do an outpouring, and people that are not repenting and calling for justice in this country. If they're not calling against racism, if they're not calling against misogyny, the Holy Spirit is not going to move  in that. Our relationship with God also has to do with a relationship with others around us and how we seek justice for our brothers and sisters. Anthony Kirk  07:48 My journey with religion and spirituality has been completely intertwined. In my relationship with my gender identity and coming out as transgender. My name is Anthony Kirk, I use he/him pronouns. I live in Klamath Falls, Oregon, and I am currently the pastor of Klamath Falls friends church. Anthony Kirk  08:18 There's actually a Psalm that has really helped me. I reflect on it a lot. I use it for Transgender Day of Visibility events, and I share it with those who are exploring their identity, exploring their gender, their sexuality, and wondering, Well, where do I fit? The scripture that I use comes from Psalm 139, verses 13 through 16, from the New Revised Standard Version Anthony Kirk  08:52 For It was you who formed my inward parts, you knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise you, for I'm fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works, that I know very well. My frame was not hidden from you. When I was being made in secret. Intricately woven in the depths of the earth, your eyes beheld my unformed substance. In your books were written all the days that were formed for me when none of them as yet existed. And it's the beautiful reminder that God knew us since our conception, as we were formed, God knew us and loved us and created us long before society put labels on us and made assumptions. And that's brought so much comfort to me and so many people in my life. Peterson Toscano  09:55 That was Anthony Kirk, in an excerpt from the QuakerSpeak Video Made in the Image of God, a Transgender Pastor shares Psalm 139. You will find the full video and other QuakerSpeak videos at the QuakerSpeak channel on YouTube, or visit Quakerspeak.com. Peterson Toscano  10:12 Quaker Thomas Kelly Life from the Center is a free online pamphlet that includes excerpts from two of Kelly's books, Testament of Devotion, and The Eternal Promise. While reading Kelly's writing, Kathleen B. Wilson started copying excerpts verbatim and arranging sentences and phrases. The format helped her savor each word and phrase Alissa Vanderbark, a Quaker Voluntary Service fellow, and Jonah Sutton-Morse, a member of Concord Monthly Meeting in New Hampshire. Join us to read passages from the pamphlet. Alissa Vanderbark  10:56 I have no interest in silence as a form. But I know that devotion and dedication arise in the deep communing of the heart, in dwelling with a silence in the center of our being in periods of relaxed listening and expectancy. The silence within us seems to merge with a creative silence within the heart of God. And we hear eternity's whispers, and we become miracles of eternity, breaking into time, live a listening life. Order your outward life, so that nothing drowns out the listening. Jonah Sutton-Morse  11:39 The second spring of hope, business, we simple humble people can bear the seed of hope. No religious dictator will save the world, no giant figure of heroic size, will stalk across the stage of history today as a new messiah. But in simple, humble, imperfect person, like you and me, wells up the spring of hope. We have this treasure of the seed in the earthen vessels, very earthen vessels, yield yourselves to the growth of the seed within you. In these our days of suffering. Sow yourselves into the furrows of the world's pain and hope will grow and rise. Be not overcome by the imposing forces of evil and of might. Be of good cheer as Jesus I have overcome the world. Peterson Toscano  12:59 That was Alissa Vanderbark and Jonah Sutton Morse reading excerpts from the free online pamphlet Quaker Thomas Kelly Life from the Center. You can read the full version and the introduction written by Kathleen B. Wilson at the website QuakerThomasKelly.org.  And you can connect with Quakers like Jonah at the Society of Friends Discord group. I will have links for you in our show notes.  Peterson Toscano  13:29 Thank you for listening to Quakers Today. This podcast is written and produced by me Peterson Toscano. I receive a lot of assistance and input from the Friends Journal staff Gabe, Gail, Martin, and Ron Thank you Friends.  Peterson Toscano  13:42 For articles and blog posts related to this episode visit FriendsJournal.org. Music on today's show comes from Epidemic Sound. This is the end of season one. But fear not Friends Publishing Corporation has renewed this show for another season. I will continue to produce it with the possibility of a co-host. We will premiere Season Two on June 13th 2023.  Peterson Toscano  14:10 Season One of Quakers Today was sponsored by Quaker Voluntary Service. Thank you so much. QVS is the only organization in the United States dedicated solely to the spiritual and vocational needs of young adult friends and seekers. Learn about the year long fellowship program for young adults, visit QuakerVoluntaryService.org and follow QVS on Instagram at QuakerVoluntaryService. If you have a comment or suggestion for this podcast or just want to say hi, you can email me podcast@friendsjournal.org. Stick around after the closing to hear voicemails from listeners who share their daily spiritual practices. Thank you Friend. I look forward to spending more time with you soon Peterson Toscano  15:15 In a moment, you will hear voicemails from listeners about their daily spiritual practices. But first, I want to share with you the question for our June episode, and it is a question about leaders and leadership. The world is changing rapidly. And these include changes to how we view our leaders in the political realm and religious spaces. With so many people working remotely, even the relationships between managers and workers have changed. So here's our question for you to consider. What do you expect and need in a leader? This could be a leader on the job, in a religious space, in your community, or in the political world? What do you expect and need in a leader? I would love to hear and share your thoughts. Leave a voice memo with your name and the town where you live. The number to call is 317 Quakers. That's 317.7825377. 317 Plus one if you're calling from outside the USA. You can also send an email. I have these contact details in our show notes over at QuakersToday.org. Now we hear answers to the question what is a daily practice that clears your head and studies you for the day Sunny  16:36 I'm Sunny in Virginia. I attend Richmond Friends Meeting. And thank you for the query. It helped me think through what it is that starts my day. After reading today books in the luxury of my bed without hot coffee and a dog, I go for movement in the fresh air. This morning I swept the desk with a sturdy broom while the pollen was still damp so the mask wasn't needed. Some mornings I'd like to scoop leaves or rake or follow the dog around the meadow. But breathing and moving awakens my body and pulls things together. I add a little yoga, maybe a hot shower, but the thing is the motion of leaving my body with the breath that gathers my mind, body and spirit into the center. And there I can face today. Thank you for that query again. I'm gonna watch myself with more consciousness but not obsession. 17:33 Sharlee from Allentown Pennsylvania, I worship at the Lehigh Valley Friends Meeting. So the daily practice that clears my head and steady for the day is praying a prayer a member of my meeting shared with me. She was the convener of a group that met to walk with me during a time of aa upsetting spiritual doubt. And the prayer is God most high and glorious, come into the shadows of my heart. Give me a generous spirit and let me always live in the light of your love. Thank you goodbye.  

This month's guest is Ashley Reid! Ashley and her husband live at Twin Rocks Friends Camp where he is on staff. Ashley grew up in the Friends Church and is passionate about art (specifically dance) and how it can be used to share stories of hope and faith. We discuss different types of art, what makes art distinctively Christian, and give a few recommendations for different Christian artists to check out across the mediums. We hope you enjoy this month's episode! As always, check out www.nwfriends.org for more info of things that are going on in and around NWYM.

Ken welcomes professor, fellow podcaster, and author Dr. Brad Onishi back to the podcast to talk about his new book - Preparing for War - The Extremist History of White Christian Nationalism and What Comes Next (release date: January 3, 2023). A long-time friend of the podcast, Brad has been busy after a major event in Denver focussed on Christian Nationalism last month with a large audience both live and virtual. It featured major influencers and thinkers including Robert P. Jones,  Sam Perry, Katherine Steward, Larycia Hawkins, and his podcast partner, Dan Miller. In addition to his regular podcast, Straight White American Jesus,. Brad is releasing a series on The New Apostolic Reformation with Professor Matthew Taylor, Ph.D. It's an expose on a growing movement advancing an extreme dominion version of Christianity. Brad introduces his book which traces what we now know as Christian Trumpism from the 1960s to the present in the context of his own personal journey - beginning with his conversion in high school in Orange County (CA); the great mid-west and Southern migration to California, the John Birch Society, The Crystal Cathedral and Robert Schuller, his own Friends Church (predominantly white) and Friendship Baptist Church (predominantly black), to Dr. James Dobson and his secular eugenicist mentor, Dr. Paul Pompenoe. Onishi fills in the background on two Jericho Marches, featuring Eric Metaxas, Michael Flynn and Alex Jones,  which were a prelude to the January 6 Insurrection. Finally, the two discuss the ways in which American Evangelicalism finds its roots in The Lost Case Narrative of the South. SHOW NOTESPre-Order Brad's new Book: Preparing for War - The Extremist History of White Christian Nationalism--and What Comes    Become a patron: www.patreon.com/beachedwhitemaleSupport the show

Key Takeaways   I can do hard things. Choose joy, always. Be thankful, always. If I trust Him then I trust His timing. Dads, we set temperature and climate of the house.   dadAWESOME   We're on a mission to add LIFE to the dad life. We're passionate about helping dads live fully alive as they lead their kids to God's awesomeness.  | YouTube |  Instagram | Facebook   Bart Scharrer   Bart Scharrer lives in Costa Mesa, California with his wife Amy and two daughters: Allyson and Brooklynn. He serves as the Executive Pastor at Friends Church.   Key Quotes (Full Transcript of the Conversation Here)   19:49 - "Choose joy, always. Be thankful, always. So we're going to really live in that discipline of always, there's always something to be thankful for, which isn't just this pie in the sky, pretend like nothing bad is happening. It is the way through, though. It's the discipline that even in the midst of super hard, challenging, emotional, stressful, all that stuff is still there. But the way through what I've learned from practice, I learned from my wife in her modeling. And I think our kids just live in this now too, because we just practiced it for so many years, which is, oh, I'm going to start with gratitude. Gratitude is the way through." 26:19 - "So I can speak about all these values, the practice of them, super hard. But I also learned on a spiritual level, that's where the battle is. Anything you set as a value in your life, whether it's your relationship with Jesus, your wife, your marriage, your kids, your work, the enemy wants to destroy that, especially when you declare, this is how we're going to live. He's going to go after that. And so it forces us to constantly be on guard. You don't have to be afraid of it, But we have to be ready for it." 30:13 - "I think the second you're aware of, you're not in a good emotional place, then it is a matter of putting on. Taking the the lessons from Paul in his letters and saying, no, put on the clothing you want to be, whether you feel like it or not. That's the discipline, because discipline is just practice is keep practicing, keep practicing, keep practicing to be the person you want to be."   Conversation Links   Friends Church   Links from dadAWESOME   https://dadawesome.org/life/ Make a Donation to dadAWESOME Join the dadAWESOME Prayer Team Receive weekly encouragement by texting "dad" to 651-370-8618

Ep. 113 Ephesians 2:11-18 Denver Friends Church Pastor Keith Reeser Oct. 2, 2022 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/keith-reeser/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/keith-reeser/support

Denver Friends Church Pastor Keith Reeser Ephesians 2:1-10 September 25, 2022 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/keith-reeser/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/keith-reeser/support

Executives at New Life Friends Church Recovery recently announced that the program had received a $229,292 two-year grant from Clark County through the Washington State Department of Commerce. https://bit.ly/3DtNjaX #NewLifeFriendsChurch #NewLifeFriendsChurchRecovery #TransitionalHousingProgram #Grant #ClarkCountyHomelessActionPlan #Rent #HousingCosts #Administration #PersonnelCosts #OperatingCosts #VancouverWa #ClarkCountyWa #ClarkCountyNews #ClarkCountyToday

Sermon from Denver Friends Church. September 16, 2022 Keith Reeser Series: Ephesians "United for a Purpose" --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/keith-reeser/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/keith-reeser/support

How do you engage your kids on topics like “wokeism” and cancel culture? Never have opinions been more polarized, and never have we needed wisdom like we do today. Join in the conversation as we talk to special guest Kevin Zimmerman, a pastor at Friends Church in Orange, who encourages us to let Jesus be our guide in showing grace, empathy, and compassion to others, starting with our children.

Did you know that over 30% of pastors in the United States are bi-vocational? Adam Kemper, pastor at the Friends Church in Tucson, Arizona,  shares his heart as he navigates leading his church and working with Care Portal as a bi-vocational pastor. The post A Bi-Vocational Pastor's Story of Helping Children appeared first on Romans 12 Ministries.

Today we have Teddy Omondi from Friends Church in Fullerton (https://www.fcfullerton.org/) telling us how the church-plant he started in Feb of 2020 has actually grown through COVID...

Speaker: Vince Klassen We probably all have beliefs that don't really work anymore. Beliefs about us: I'm not enough, I'm too _____, etc. Beliefs about others: they want to hurt... The post How to Change the Beliefs that Aren't Working appeared first on Friends Church.

Speaker: Vince Klassen We probably all have beliefs that don't really work anymore. Beliefs about us: I'm not enough, I'm too _____, etc. Beliefs about others: they want to hurt... The post How to Change the Beliefs that Aren't Working appeared first on Friends Church.

Speaker: Jeff Jarvis So what do you do when you can't seem to escape a painful event from your past? For some, a haunting memory still causes anxiety, or feelings... The post Facing Our Ghosts appeared first on Friends Church.

Speaker: Jeff Jarvis So what do you do when you can't seem to escape a painful event from your past? For some, a haunting memory still causes anxiety, or feelings... The post Facing Our Ghosts appeared first on Friends Church.

Speaker: Vince Klassen I was walking down the sidewalk a few days ago, yelling at my phone. Literally yelling out loud at my phone. I was trying to pay for... The post The Toolkit appeared first on Friends Church.

Speaker: Vince Klassen I was walking down the sidewalk a few days ago, yelling at my phone. Literally yelling out loud at my phone. I was trying to pay for... The post The Toolkit appeared first on Friends Church.

Speaker: Jeff Jarvis After last Sunday's message, I've been thinking a lot about the kinds of situations that trigger overreactions on my part.  Though there are a number that come... The post Understanding Your Triggers appeared first on Friends Church.

Speaker: Jeff Jarvis After last Sunday's message, I've been thinking a lot about the kinds of situations that trigger overreactions on my part.  Though there are a number that come... The post Understanding Your Triggers appeared first on Friends Church.

Speaker: Vince Klassen We are just entering the holiday season. A time of festivities and gatherings (safely of course). And, often, family. And there is nothing that can make us... The post The Body Remembers appeared first on Friends Church.

Speaker: Vince Klassen We are just entering the holiday season. A time of festivities and gatherings (safely of course). And, often, family. And there is nothing that can make us... The post The Body Remembers appeared first on Friends Church.

Happy Thanksgiving! And we want to thank you all for being an amazing audience!  We are so grateful to each person who has taken time to listen, engage, and give us feedback.  As you know, this is not our full-time gig -  its really just a fun hobby that John, Max, and I do - to discuss the topics that we feel are relevant for people in our world today.  We hope that this podcast has cleared some of the clutter, the noise, and the half-truths in our world today around following Jesus.   In this episode we discuss how showing gratitude leads to greater happiness.  In fact, being thankful and grateful is a key aspect of being a Christ follower.   Please follow along by subscribing and it would mean a lot to give us a 5-star rating in the Apple Podcasts reviews.  Thank you! -Aaron, John, and Max Research Cited in this Podcast: https://www.health.harvard.edu/healthbeat/giving-thanks-can-make-you-happier http://www.psychology.hku.hk/ftbcstudies/refbase/docs/emmons/2005/57_Emmons+Kneezel2005.pdf Want to be involved in Boxes of Love at Friends Church? Info here: https://www.friends.church/boxesoflove --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/resilientchristian/support

Speaker: Vince Klassen We are living in a more and more complex world. Much of what is going on around us is frankly, beyond our understanding. I know how to... The post Ask the Experts appeared first on Friends Church.

Speaker: Vince Klassen We are living in a more and more complex world. Much of what is going on around us is frankly, beyond our understanding. I know how to... The post Ask the Experts appeared first on Friends Church.

Speaker: Jeff Jarvis So I'm not a huge “Survivor” fan but I will admit I watched my fair share in the early days. There was something fascinating about the concept of... The post The Tribe Has Spoken appeared first on Friends Church.

Speaker: Jeff Jarvis So I'm not a huge “Survivor” fan but I will admit I watched my fair share in the early days. There was something fascinating about the concept of... The post The Tribe Has Spoken appeared first on Friends Church.

Speaker: Jeff Jarvis Many of us who grew up in religious circles were forbidden to swear. Thankfully, there were substitute words you were allowed to use. Rather than saying “shit”... The post OMG appeared first on Friends Church.

Speaker: Jeff Jarvis Many of us who grew up in religious circles were forbidden to swear. Thankfully, there were substitute words you were allowed to use. Rather than saying “shit”... The post OMG appeared first on Friends Church.

Speaker: Vince Klassen There is nothing quite so frustrating than showing up with some big news, only to be upstaged by someone close to us: “Guess what? I was accepted... The post The Green-Eyed Monster appeared first on Friends Church.

Speaker: Vince Klassen There is nothing quite so frustrating than showing up with some big news, only to be upstaged by someone close to us: “Guess what? I was accepted... The post The Green-Eyed Monster appeared first on Friends Church.

Speaker: Jeff Jarvis In a day and age when Sundays are no longer closed for business and weekends can feel as busy as most weekdays, the 4th Commandment to “remember... The post The Spirituality of Rhythm appeared first on Friends Church.

Speaker: Jeff Jarvis In a day and age when Sundays are no longer closed for business and weekends can feel as busy as most weekdays, the 4th Commandment to “remember... The post The Spirituality of Rhythm appeared first on Friends Church.

Speaker: Vince Klassen This week we are starting the 10 Commandments series. 10 rules for life. 10 foundational pillars of the Christian tradition. Or are they? More and more we... The post Put On Your Life Jacket appeared first on Friends Church.

Speaker: Vince Klassen This week we are starting the 10 Commandments series. 10 rules for life. 10 foundational pillars of the Christian tradition. Or are they? More and more we... The post Put On Your Life Jacket appeared first on Friends Church.

Speaker: Jeff Jarvis Our spiritual ancestors spoke often of experiencing divine moments. Moments when unexplainable things would happen causing the hair on the back of one's neck to stand up... The post Transcendent We appeared first on Friends Church.

Speaker: Jeff Jarvis Our spiritual ancestors spoke often of experiencing divine moments. Moments when unexplainable things would happen causing the hair on the back of one's neck to stand up... The post Transcendent We appeared first on Friends Church.

Speaker: Jeff Jarvis It can be a really healthy thing to take a step back sometimes to get clarity around what it is we're doing and why we're doing it.... The post The Magic of ‘We' Moments appeared first on Friends Church.

Speaker: Jeff Jarvis It can be a really healthy thing to take a step back sometimes to get clarity around what it is we're doing and why we're doing it.... The post The Magic of ‘We' Moments appeared first on Friends Church.

Speaker: Vince Klassen Where do we all fit in our spiritual journeys?  Some traditions tell us that we are bad.  Everything we want is bad.  Some go so far as... The post If I Had It All My Own Way appeared first on Friends Church.

Speaker: Vince Klassen Where do we all fit in our spiritual journeys?  Some traditions tell us that we are bad.  Everything we want is bad.  Some go so far as... The post If I Had It All My Own Way appeared first on Friends Church.

Speaker: Vince Klassen If you are feeling a little stuck in your spiritual journey. if you feel like there is work to be done but you are not sure what... The post Fried Chicken for Them appeared first on Friends Church.

Speaker: Vince Klassen If you are feeling a little stuck in your spiritual journey. if you feel like there is work to be done but you are not sure what... The post Fried Chicken for Them appeared first on Friends Church.

Speaker: Jeff Jarvis The spiritual journey can be frustrating, can't it? Many of us set out at some point with high hopes of becoming “more spiritual” people (whatever that meant... The post Stuck in a Moment appeared first on Friends Church.

anarchy .......(8).. jesus Remastered Nov. 2021 by A. Campbell Payne! Spoke with Jane, a transwoman and member of the Newberg Friends Church about the current split happening in the Northwest Yearly Meeting, double standards in Faith & Practice, trans erasure, othering, trauma caused by intolerance, the tyranny of pacifism, the religious punishment kink, the corruptive power of money in the church, Quaker capitalism, Quaker Oats & Cadbury chocolates, how neither Jesus or George Fox were passive, quiet or calm, and the differences between a Friends Meeting and a Friends Church. Notes: I was contacted by a member of the West Hills Friends Meeting, which is one of the meetings being forced out by the NWYM, and here is a statement from her: " Hi. I'm a member at West Hills Friends, one of the meeting being removed by Northwest Yearly Meeting's decisions. I am so grateful for you and Jane for having this conversation. I only got to listen to the first half this morning and am looking forward to the rest of it this afternoon. I would like to point out that Jane missed a few important details or got some things mixed up - and it's all super complicated so I don't even know everything. But I do know that West Hills Friends created two minutes in 2008, one on authority and one on human sexuality, that the NYWM refused to engage with for a number of years. Here is a document created by a committee at West Hills Friends (and approved by the business meeting) that tells the story as far as we understand it. This document was created in an effort to remain transparent in the face of NWYMs lack of commitment to transparency. This story continues to unfold.... groups leaving NWYM have recently formed the Sierra-Cascades Yearly Meeting of Friends and are looking at how to move forward in building a christ centered, inclusive, Quaker community in the pacific northwest. Thanks for hosting this conversation! " http://www.westhillsfriends.org/wwhistory.html Referenced: Northwest Yearly Meeting Resturcturing http://nwfriends.org/nwym-restructuring/ TWO BLOCKBUSTERS: NORTHWEST YM TO SPLIT OVER LGBT WELCOME; & A LAWSUIT COMING? http://afriendlyletter.com/two-blockbusters-northwest-ym-split-lgbt-welcome-lawsuit-coming/ Quaker Theology - #24 Winter/Spring 2014: Northwest Yearly Meeting and “Shattering” Conflict: Chapter One by Chuck Fager with Jade Souza http://quakertheology.org/Fager-Souza-Northwest-Yearly-Meeting-and-Shattering-Chapter-One.html The Quaker Capitalist and the Chocolate Factory - The New Yorker https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/the-quaker-capitalist-and-the-chocolate-factory Doing Business the Quaker Way - Forbes Magazine https://www.forbes.com/2009/10/09/quaker-business-meetings-leadership-society-friends.html