The first Sunday in June about two dozen souls, including a few kids, showed up for EquaSion’s Sacred Connections: Sacred Friendship! event at Cincinnati Friends Meeting. With perfect weather, a tent, tables and chairs the group ate together, took a nature walk, then shared more deeply in small groups. It
Cathy Barney
AMS Takes Anti-Racism Work to Community Level
Members of the A Mighty Stream (AMS) nurture group exploring racism believe that, as a beloved community, we attempt not to wound others and , when we do, to apologize and do better. As a larger community, the group sees that separation and isolation make us weaker. Because we,
Bike Ride Cycles Into Deeper Journey
A stash of dark chocolate and a fizzled group date brought new Cincinnati Friends Meeting (CFM) members Beth Brubacher and Jeff Bloomer together at Jewish Hospital, where he is a pulmonologist and she was a social worker. They circled each other for years, until Jeff’s friend from residency shared an
CFM First Day Kids Explore Quaker Roots
After filling up at an oatmeal bar and a brisk run outdoors, First Day students settled into silent worship and sharing. They then took turns reading about the early Reading (England) Quaker children who held worship when their parents were imprisoned. Before the 1689 Toleration Act, Quaker worship was illegal
Seasons of Grief
Mostly, I sat and listened; to their pain, to their loss, to finding their way back to life, to each figuring out who they are now. I was moved and my own grief boiled up. I hadn’t lost a spouse, child or sister, but I witnessed the ravaging results of