Today’s Daily Quaker Message. Subscribe for free: DailyQuaker.com/subscribe All that you touch You Change. All that you Change Changes you. The only lasting truth Is Change. God is Change. Citation: Octavia E. Butler, 1993 Award-winning author

Why do Quakers say “thee” and “thou”? In 1650s England “thee / thou” was used to address a peer and “you” was used to address a person of higher social rank.

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"Trust me, it's a good thing."

Today’s Daily Quaker Message. Subscribe for free: DailyQuaker.com/subscribe Old age is a great blessing, notwithstanding all the sufferings incident to it; for they are like harbingers, to bid us prepare. Citation: Elizabeth Raper, 1822 English Quaker minister

As our democracy faces an existential threat, it’s important for us to look to other countries whose people have resisted autocrats and won, according to Quaker activist George Lakey. This episode originally aired on March 14, 2025. quakerpodcast.com/39-ways-to-n...

Earlham School of Religion (ESR), located in Richmond, Indiana, is a graduate seminary affiliated with the Religious Society of Friends. Founded to prepare students for ministry, ESR offers programs in pastoral leadership, chaplaincy, peacebuilding, social justice, and other forms of service.

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This week on the podcast, we are following two emerging Quaker communities from different traditions to witness the messy, faithful reality of starting a Quaker meeting. quakerpodcast.com/how-to-start...

Did you know? This meeting house was built specifically for a US president! Founded in 1930 in Washington, D.C., Friends Meeting of Washington (FMW) was established in part to provide a regular place of worship for President Herbert Hoover and his wife, Lou Henry Hoover.

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Maybe your crush just needs some convincement.... Try sending them a Quaker valentine!

In this moment when the truth seems under attack, we explore what it means to live truthfully, to seek Divine truth, and to share it with others. Get these inspirational Quaker quotes in your inbox by signing up for our daily devotional email. It’s free to subscribe: dailyquaker.com/subscribe/

Quakers believe in loving your neighbor, but what is a peace-loving Friend to do when their city is invaded by armed forces intent on violence? This week, we bring you a special conversation with four Minneapolis Quakers who have been wrestling with just that. quakerpodcast.com/minneapolis-...

In honor of Black History Month, we're throwing back to last year's podcast episode about the book "Black Fire: African American Quakers on Spirituality and Human Rights." quakerpodcast.com/black-fire-a...

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How do Quakers worship? In unprogrammed worship, Quakers gather in silence, usually for about an hour, with no pastor or sermon. Friends practice “expectant waiting,” a hopeful openness to hearing the voice of Spirit. Anyone may speak (“give ministry”) if they feel led.

This week on the podcast, we go inside the silence of a Conservative Quaker meeting to discover how a commitment to simplicity, integrity, and prioritizing "truth over pace" offers a powerful antidote to our modern exhaustion. quakerpodcast.com/inside-a-con...

“Know the shadow of the Almighty, and sit under it.” – George Fox

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Made in a Quaker abolitionist sewing circle: "A Sampler resembles an elegant mind, Whose passions by reason subdu'd and refin'd, Move only in lines of affection and duty, Reflecting a picture of order and beauty." (Quote from the first pictured sampler)

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In a world often governed by force, Quakers have stood apart for centuries with a radical commitment to peace. This week, we dive into the history of the Peace Testimony and explore how its living wisdom can guide us through modern conflict. quakerpodcast.com/why-are-quak...

Penington Friends House (PFH) is a collaborative Quaker residence located on 15th Street in Manhattan that has been fostering community since 1897. It offers long-term rooms, sublets, and short-term guest housing for both Quakers and “Friendly people.” www.penington.org @15thstmeeting.org

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Today’s Daily Quaker Message. Subscribe for free: DailyQuaker.com/subscribe “I’d rather be jolly St. Francis, singing his canticle to the sun, than a dour, old sober-sides Quaker whose diet would appear to have been spiritual persimmons.” Citation: Thomas Kelly, 1941 Quaker mystic and philosopher

The oldest Quaker meetinghouse west of Iowa is home to San Jose Friends Meeting, hidden in a cul-de-sac next to Interstate 880. Built in 1885 in just 5 weeks, the building withstood the earthquake in 1906, and was moved about 200 feet in 1958 to make room for the highway. www.sanjosefriends.org

Today’s Daily Quaker Message. Subscribe for free: DailyQuaker.com/subscribe “Truth for authority, not authority for truth.” Citation: Lucretia Mott, 1871 Quaker social reformer

Today in the US we're honoring the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. So, it seems appropriate to revisit this podcast episode about the work of Quakers in the Civil Rights Movement. quakerpodcast.com/quakers-in-t...

Today’s Daily Quaker Message. Subscribe for free: DailyQuaker.com/subscribe "If you neither hear nor obey the Lord nor his servants, yet will he send more of his servants among you, so that your end shall be frustrated." Citation: Mary Dyer, 1659 Quaker martyr

Today’s Daily Quaker Message. Subscribe for free: DailyQuaker.com/subscribe "The Love I bear to the Souls of all Men makes me willing to undergo whatever can be inflicted on me." Citation: Elizabeth Hooton Early Quaker minister

Let’s use predictive text to see what goofiness our phones come up with to fill in the rest of the sentence. ❓How to: Using a phone or tablet, start typing “I knew I was a Quaker when” then use the middle word that your phone suggests above your keyboard to make a silly sentence 🙃!

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This month our Quaker daily devotional is publishing a Quaker quote every day by and about early Quakers. Begin the new year with the beginnings of Quaker faith. Subscribe for free! dailyquaker.com/subscribe/

Time for a story from Quaker history about immense bravery and nonviolent resistance: The Children's Meeting of 1663. Click through the images to read it! (Thread 1/3)

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Today’s Daily Quaker Message. Subscribe for free: DailyQuaker.com/subscribe "How were our hearts melted as wax, and our souls poured out as water before the Lord, and our spirits as oil, frankincense and myrrh, offered up unto the Lord as sweet incense..." Citation: John Burnyeat, 1691

"Say that one more time and I'll tell my big brother to come over here and hold you in the Light!"

Today’s Daily Quaker Message. Subscribe for free: DailyQuaker.com/subscribe "'When seized by the power, some Friends quaked, vocalized, or fell unconscious to the floor, while other Friends saw brilliant light, had visions, experienced healing…" Citation: Scott Martin, 2001

Early Quakers avoided using names of days and months because many came from Norse or Roman gods or political figures. Instead, they used a plain-speech calendar: January is "First Month." Sunday is "First Day." So today is Second Day, the 5th of First Month.

Today’s Daily Quaker Message. Subscribe for free: DailyQuaker.com/subscribe "Give over thine own willing, give over thy own running, give over thine own desiring to know or be anything and sink down to the seed which God sows in the heart..." Citation: Isaac Penington, 1661 Early English Quaker