Quakers believe that a higher power can speak through them, and it can be challenging to discern when that still small voice is God’s, and when it’s our own. This QuakerSpeak video shares the perspectives of several Quakers regarding what it’s like to experience a leading to speak during worship.
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CFM Deepens EquaSion Ties: Movie Screening July 12
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
Hiking With Friends
In the six months since the inaugural hike of the CFM Monday morning hiking group on November 4, 2024, the hikers have explored Drake Park/ Red Bird Hollow Trailhead, Ault Park, Eden Park, Spring Grove Cemetery, and Glendale Gardens. They’ve hiked in rain, snow, cold, sun, traversed pavement and wooded
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
Hospitality Testimony – Minute of Appreciation
Excerpt from St. Francis and the Sow to put a hand on its brow of the flower and retell it in words and in touch it is lovely until it flowers again from within, of self-blessing as St. Francis put his hand on the creased forehead of the sow, and