by Sita Diehl | December 20, 2021 | Africa Quaker Library, Resources
What can we tell our children about Friends who have led lives of faith and witness to the glory of God? How can we capture the stories of our elders while they are still with us? This procedure was developed to gather oral histories from African Friends as part of...
by Liz | February 12, 2021 | Adult Religious Education
The Dazzle of Day is an astonishing short novel about a generation starship. There have been plenty of books set on generation starships by everyone from Heinlein to Wolfe, but thing that makes this stand out is how astonishingly real the characters are, and how well...
by Sita Diehl | September 8, 2020 | Children's Religious Education, Notes from Past Conversation Circles
How are we caring for children in our Meetings? We have been given a sacred trust, as Quaker religious educators who work with children and youth, to nurture the spiritual growth of young Friends in a loving and safe community. This conversation will explore child...
by Sita Diehl | July 3, 2020 | Adult Religious Education
This article is a modern enactment of the parable of the talents, and speaks to what can be done together with the right leading. I am trying to remember the Hubbard squash seeds. Did they arrive in my childhood, sixty years ago? I am not sure. I surely remember...
by Sita Diehl | March 2, 2020 | Teaching Resources Youth RE, Youth Education
Anxiety about the state of the world is common among young Friends. From the widely acclaimed Powell House Youth Program, this experiential retreat curriculum provides a safe place to voice the fear that burdens so many who seek to live with awareness and...
