"How many camo-clad, MAGA-supporting young men we saw descend upon DC are suppressing gay desires or trans identities? Being openly queer now means facing renewed risks." Read: Trading camo for couture, why I refuse to disappear in Trump’s America in @advocate.com www.advocate.com/voices/cloth...

Tropical Storm Humberto and Invest 94L are expected to develop into significant storms. Don't wait to prepare: - Charge power banks in case of power outages. - Refill your medications before the storm arrives. - Clean your home's gutters.

Emma Churchman writes about the devastating impact of Hurricane Helene from the perspective of a survivor—who also happens to be a Quaker trauma healer—in a tiny town up a mountain in western North Carolina. From her account, we get an inside picture of what it’s like to wake up to catastrophe.

Truly impressive number of birds migrating tonight. More than 800 MILLION birds up in the air right now❗ #BirdMigration

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...

"Woe to those who are at ease in Zion..." When you read the prophet Amos, you can understand why oligarchs fear the prospect of class struggle—he DOES make it sound very personal. No wonder they want to discourage people from even dreaming of upending their status quo. quaker.org/2025/09/22/w...

In this pamphlet, two members of the QCUR steering committee, Lauren Brownlee and Zenaida Peterson, explore Quaker patterns of conflict avoidance, “guardians of the status quo,” denying oppression exists within Quakerism, performativity, and inattention to right relationship with time.

A Queer Quaker love story set in a rural Meeting House. "Terry closed his eyes tight as the tears gathered. He took Ethan’s hand, turned toward him, and smiled, his face moist with crying." www.friendsjournal.org/penns-spring/

Why food justice matters: its race, class, culture, health, land, and climate all in one bite. Derek Weston brings the truth. Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/2mF8... ‪@derricklweston.bsky.social‬

Northern England and Wales: Save the Dates! I will be at the Belfast Imagine Festival, March 22-29, then traveling in England and Wales for two weeks for my last performance tour. If you want to host a presentation, let me know!

Kitchen stoves shouldn't poison us. But they do. Joelle Novey explains why—and how joy, chocolate fondue, and Flintstones cosplay fuel the fight. Full ep: open.spotify.com/episode/2mF8... @ipldmv.bsky.social

Seneca often gets it. This from someone who saw cruelty at close range.

I'll get to hang out with some New England Friends! 10/12/2025 1:30 pm Wilton Quaker Meetinghouse, 317 New Canaan Rd. Wilton, CT

Have you benefited from being in an affinity group? What kind? How has being rooted in a small group changed the way you share your voice in bigger settings?

Ooo it's getting real now! 😱😂

"We have to change attitudes before we ever change doctrine." Pope Leo XIV on LGBTQ people, in a new interview, published in conjunction with Elise Allen's new biography: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwk1...

I'm fully trained and ready to go! Ask me about the @americanredcross.bsky.social

I'll meet you there.

Save the Americans! 🦅🇺🇸 A new charity from the people of South Africa. 🇿🇦🦖 #kakpraat @dailymaverick.co.za See more on TikTok 😜 www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMJFx9f1/

We're gathering stories for our next podcast episode. Here's the question we're pondering: How has being rooted in a small group changed the way you share your voice in bigger settings? What's your experience been? We'd love to hear it. Call 317-QUAKERS to leave a message. @friendsjournal.org

Ooooo @quakerboy.bsky.social and I are back! Season 5 of Quakers Today

NEW full video version of Quakers Today. We're trying something new this season: video! More and more people are enjoying podcasts on YouTube, so we're providing a longer, loosely edited video version of our show. Now you can see our faces (for better or worse). youtu.be/3QC_q9p2rIE?...

"These masqueraders raise chains as symbols of liberation and dress this way to embody the very figures that oppressors of the past once used to demonise them – using mockery and satire to turn insult into power." www.bbc.com/future/artic...

Season 6 is here! Join us for even more conversations for radical hope on The Seed as we kick off with "Cultivating Justice in a Broken World" with Francisco Burgos. Listen wherever you get your podcasts or at pendlehill.org/learn/podcast

"It turns out that critics are right to worry that doom and gloom can demoralize the public into inaction. We found that this strategy had no effect on policy support or climate beliefs." My finding: Talking about pets and how to protect them from climate impacts makes people curious.

Do not assume that vocal ministry is never to be your part. Faithfulness and sincerity in speaking, even very briefly, may open the way to fuller ministry from others. When prompted to speak, wait patiently to know that the le... https://advicesandqueries.org/2025/09/13/do-not-assume-that-vocal.html

No one should profit from war and violence. As protests against arms dealers continue today, Quakers handed in their demand to Clarion Events, calling on them to drop the DSEI arms fair. 📸Michael Preston for Quakers in Britain

They're breaking the stained glass ceiling. “I had to create a new table and plant my own church because no existing system would allow me to lead at the highest level,”

I had no idea that most South Africans hate chewing gum! 😱 www.tiktok.com/t/ZT63K8s11/

Seventeen Quakers were arrested by police on Saturday 9 August during a London protest about the decision to proscribe Palestine Action.

Season Five premieres Tuesday, September 16, 2025. Quakers and Action: How Do We Balance Peace and Protest? Now with 100% more video! Quakers Today is available wherever you get podcasts or at quakerstoday.org @friendsjournal.org

"Living Many" is a new 16-page explainer zine about Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID). It explains dissociation, answers common questions, and shares guidance on how to support someone with it. Short, accessible, and designed to reduce stigma and misunderstanding. ko-fi.com/s/720c286d49

With lectio divina, we explore Rufus Jones' experience of ‘organic mysticism’ as described in his essays Why I Enroll with the Mystics (1932) & Recovery of the Lost Radiance (1936). Jones wrote of a spiritual experience that revitalized his faith, his sense of mission, & his physical health.

"Jesus doesn’t just defy gender norms by speaking with women in public, touching and healing women, standing up for women. Jesus kneels like a woman or a slave to wash others’ feet." -Anna Lisa Gross

45 yrs ago today - Sept 6, 1979 – Exxon supports American Petroleum Institute on “do nothing” about climate The chief scientist of Exxon supports the “API conclusion that no industry research on CO2 (“Greenhouse”) Effects be initiated at this time.” allouryesterdays.info/2025/09/05/s...

Some bee 🐝 love for you.

Folks in England & Ireland: I'm coming in late March 2026 to perform at a festival, and I would love to bring my work to your church, Quaker meeting, community center, side alley, etc. 😍 Some presentations I offer: www.petersontoscano.com/presentations Contact page: www.petersontoscano.com/contact

I never hear the story of this queer artist during the Nazi occupation in the Netherlands. Wow powerful integrity! youtu.be/9Age9UmNXHk?...

📣 New video! I explain why atheists and non-theists can be Quakers. It is something which confuses people in other denominations but I think fits perfectly with Quaker theology. #quakers #quakerism #britishquakers #atheist

Do you know the Quaker fiction writer, Vicki Winslow? She writes short stories.. She recently in "3 Elements journal," which incorporates three required words/phrases; in this issue, those were: marble, thrift store, and tentacle. @vwinslow.bsky.social vickiwinslow.substack.com/p/3-elements

Last year, we spoke with Rania Maayeh, the head of Ramallah Friends School in Palestine, and Omar Tesdell, the clerk of its board of trustees. Earlier this week, Israeli military forces conducted a raid on the city of Ramallah, extremely close to the school's campus.

Derek Weston cuts through the noise: food apartheid is not natural—its human-made. A system that decides who gets fresh greens and who gets Doritos. Full convo on Bubble & Squeak 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/2mF8... ‪@derricklweston.bsky.social‬

Joelle Novey’s team tested gas leaks, measured pollutants, and then showed up dressed as the Flintstones to prove their point: gas is prehistoric. Bubble & Squeak has the story. Listen: open.spotify.com/episode/2mF8... @joellenovey.bsky.social @ipldmv.bsky.social

Who is transgressing and transcending gender in the Bible? So many! See for yourself. youtu.be/-XXHAy7-J44?...

For too long the world of theological magazines and leaflets has been utterly dominated by slick corporate mass produced hatred. It's time for inclusive Christians to lean into the long Queer history of underground printing, zine making, resource sharing, and other such physical tangible activism.

What a great video. Well done Ollie. Thank you for standing in solidarity with trans people.

"Our words can have their origins in spirits of fear, anger and self-righteousness, rather than the Spirit of love and truth, and we have a responsibility to tell the difference." Well said, Mark! Thank you for this article!! 😍

Your favorite podcast in video form. (Don't ask me what I think about this lol) Coming soon: Quakers Today Season Five--an audio AND video podcast www.youtube.com/@FriendsJour... @friendsjournal.org

Sweet Miche and I are back in the studio preparing Season 5 of the Quakers Today podcast. This season, we will also produce a video version of the podcast, because people seem to like looking at podcasters. 🤓 Episode One is set to drop on September 16, 2025. @friendsjournal.org

From sheep growing better wool under solar panels to matcha prices soaring with the heat: here’s this week’s surprising mix of climate news, and something you can do about it today!