While walking the streets of Philly this evening I crossed paths both with an old friend from college and Kamala Harris. It’s taken me a few hours to realize the improbability of both those things happening in the space of a few blocks within less than an hour

This year's World Quaker Day (5 October) is themed 'Love Your Neighbour'.

Our QuakerSpeak video on the theme, published in preparation, has been viewed nearly ten thousand times!

You can watch it too, here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylgi...

"I ultimately found my faith tested in these last years," says Evan Welkin, executive secretary of the FWCC Section of the Americas, "in a way that had nothing to do with Catholicism, perhaps even little to do with Quakerism but everything to do with God meeting me in the darkest places in my life."

Blessings to you, Bridget, for your clear and courageous voice. #Quakers

Leaving Jamaica today. It’s been a rich trip and “Quakerin” of Central Friends YM in Bolivia has been here to pray for me along the way

I arrived in Jamaica and worshiped with Friends this morning at Amity Hall. This meeting is home to our FWCC Americas Recording Clerk Mary Carter Haynes. I picked a breadfruit from the tree out front and tried limes, mangoes and a new fruit I'd never seen before, "sweetsap."

Just arrived in Jamaica for Annual Sessions this week. I have tried to assure folks that I didn’t intentionally bring a Category 5 hurricane with me.

fwccamericas.org/_wp/2025/06/... As a part of Canadian Yearly Meeting sessions, @glennmorison.bsky.social of Winnipeg Monthly Meeting organized an online Special Interest Group called:

“Loving our Neighbours across the 49th Parallel: Conversation with Friends across our Common Border“

Our Justice & Peace Secretary Hezron Masitsa has been researching how traditional African food preservation techniques are saving lives. Hear his findings on Thursday 19 June 2025, 19:00-20:30 (BST) in the third of Woodbrooke's Eva Koch Scholar series.
www.woodbrooke.org.uk/courses/eva-...

A bird has built its nest above my office door at the Quaker meetinghouse. It hear it flit past

And an excellent interpreter!

New article in @friendsjournal.org by FWCC Americas Program Director Jade Rockwell “Risking Faithfulness”

#Quakers #Revival www.friendsjournal.org/

Leaving Philly after another short visit. It’s been fun to see the seasons change, though I can’t claim anything like Robin’s Schuylkill crossing consistency. I heard conversations in Turkish, Spanish and Italian between @friendsctr.bsky.social and the airport

I’m very excited that we will host Emily this next week at my Olympia Monthly Meeting back in Washington State! Looks like she’ll return to England afterward?

Happy #worldbeeday!