I am really happy to be able to honor my friend and someone I consider an authentic role model for sticking close to God: Patia Williams. I first met Patia when Lily and Autumn were very young. Jill Gomez, who also had daughters my girls’ ages—we became members together—had been
Cathy Barney
Zalla Movie Captures Quaker Testimonies
New video technology recently installed in the Cincinnati Friends Meeting worship room made it the perfect venue for a private screening of the movie Radical with producer Christopher Zalla, attender Tom Zalla’s son. A cluster of friends gathered between Christmas and New Year’s Eve to view the film about a
Baptists and Quakers Build an Extended Beloved Community
EquaSion congregations Beulah Missionary Baptist Church and Cincinnati Friends Meeting, located on opposite sides of town, welcomed one another for the third gathering this year as they broaden faith and racial connections. A group of about thirty, evenly split between the churches, met December 9 as Beulah Baptist hosted a
Remembering an Old Friend
At 80, my friend Margaret confessed, “I just don’t know what I want to be when I grow up.” That quickly became my mantra and, unknowingly, she became my role model. We eagerly worked to build race relations locally, swapped books and thoughts at our neighborhood club, prayed together, and
Camp, a Contemplative Rhythm and Spiritual Companionship
I packed the car in the cool of night, blessing each basket of goodies, expressing gratitude for the rewarding task ahead. In the morning I would head to Quaker Knoll Camp on Cowan Lake to offer a retreat on spiritual nurture—my vocation for the past 20 years—for the opening of