Margaret Fell was a key figure in the early Quaker movement. For #InternationalWomensDay, Rhiannon Grant reflects on women's religious leadership and Margaret Fell's 'Women's Speaking Justified' https://www.quaker.org.uk/blog/women-s-preaching-still-justified
Anime Girl? Radio Destructor? Hypnotized Cheese? The WPRB Shop has all shirts on sale for $16 until midnight ET tonight!
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“As a Quaker organization, we know that war is never the path to peace."
"We mourn every life lost. We hold the victims’ loved ones and communities in the Light as we call for an immediate end to this war.”
@afsc-org.bsky.social
Westminster Meeting House raided by Metropolitan Police again. Statement: “For Quakers, faith and action are inseparable. Peaceful protest, prayer and nonviolent action are integral parts of many Quakers' religious life. Whilst we take the planning of criminal acts very seriously, we believe that this incident is a deliberate targeting of committed young people who want to make our country a more equitable place. This raid is part of a systematic stifling of dissent. That this is the second time in a year that the police have raided our meeting house dramatically illuminates the broader trend in the UK of cracking down on those who disagree with the government. The right to protest is fundamental to our democracy. It's a key part of how people make their voices heard between elections.” – Oliver Robertson, Head of Witness and Worship Quakers in Britain, 5 March 2026
Yesterday evening, for the second time in a year, the Met Police raided Westminster Quaker Meeting House and arrested a number of young nonviolent activists.
STATEMENT: www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
"Congress must act urgently to restrain the administration before this spirals into another endless war," @bridgetmoixfcnl.bsky.social said.
📣"War is not the answer."
Our full statement:
A sheet of ice covers the Schuylkill River, as seen from the commuter rail bridge. There are patterns in the ice and some cracks. Trees are on both banks of the river. The background is obscured by mist. The sky is a uniform light gray.
Crossing the Schuylkill, cracks in the ice edition.
What is now the Pennsylvania Abolitionist Society was founded by Quaker leaders who wanted to make it unlawful to sell Black people into slavery on free soil.
(Tbh, the concerns about flooding and the underlying landfill seem worth addressing, before approval and construction....)
Could Raritan be the new Somerville?
Maybe! It's on the Raritan Valley Line™️, after all.
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting connects 10,000 Friends, more than 100 meetings, and the ministries they uphold. Explore Quaker worship opportunities throughout Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, and New Jersey. PYM.org/meetings.
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting connects 10,000 Friends, more than 100 meetings, and the ministries they uphold.
Explore Quaker worship opportunities throughout Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, and New Jersey.
www.pym.org/meetings/
At electric car chargers in the winter time, it can take hours to charge a battery from 10% to 100%. So you end up waiting for hours just to plug in. They should have a line for short charges-say, under 30 minutes, just like there is a grocery checkout line for people who only have 10 items.
Last week, the National Council of Churches, of which Philadelphia Yearly Meeting is a member, invited Chris Mohr to share a short video for the Week of Prayer.
Access the video at the following link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Te2i...
A "37" made out of Christmas ornaments.
Please join me for year 37 of the 25-Hour Holiday Radio show on WPRB starting at 5:00 pm ET on Christmas Eve. Tune in at 103.3 fm or wprb.com.
#wprbxmas
And the voice of the dragon on Disney's All About Dragons:
youtu.be/k5Q0mSQNxAI?...
"Each time I went, I found the silence anew and let myself sink into it a little further. I learned more about Quaker beliefs in pacifism [and] equality ... Most believed in God, but others were agnostic .... Eventually, I started to have faith, too." www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Quakers in Philly are doing the same in Love Park today at noon. Hosted @afsc-org.bsky.social
“I also have a newfound appreciation for moments of calm. I’m more aware of the clarity that stillness can bring, and I’m grateful that I found the Quakers when I needed them most.”
Read this lovely account of one person’s path to Quakerism.
June 12-14 2026 - The Conference of Quaker Historians and Archivists will take place at Haverford College in suburban Philadelphia. Our theme is Revolution! and the Call for Papers is open now!
www.quakerhistory.org/conference
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Glad to be at @pendlehillusa.bsky.social for @ericanela.bsky.social's talk on "A Radical Side of the Early Quakers" tonight.
A pink and blue sunrise with high, thin clouds. There is one evergreen tree and three mostly bare deciduous trees at bottom of the frame.
Philly, too!
Also, poor Jon, we hardly knew ye. (This whole saga is... quite something.)
Registration is open for the next workshop in Friends Center's series to celebrate our 50th anniversary as the Quaker hub for peace & justice in Philly.
Here with @quakerspym.bsky.social next Sun. 10/12/25, 3-5 pm:
How Faith Communities Can Support Immigrants
This one is definitely for @danakatharine.bsky.social and all those who listen to DBTF on WPRB!
And then Casty and Bader in the 10th!
Yes, weatherwise. If only the Phillies could score a run or two!
A view of the Phillies-Twins game from the right field side. People sit with their backs to the camera. A green baseball field is in the center. The other side of the stadium is in delicious shade.
Good question. Sent from the Bank.
Found the link for his recitation of Prufrock.
"Like a patient etherised upon a table," indeed.
youtu.be/JAO3QTU4PzY?...
Thank you for posting the YT link!
In the 1980s my local library in Central NJ had a vinyl LP of Eliot reading this, Prufrock, and other poems. Hardly a month goes by where I don't quote one line or another, especially:
"Frisch weht der Wind
der Heimat zu
Mein Irisch Kind,
Wo weilest du?"
As pub date approaches, I'm grateful for this review from #Quaker activist and mentor George Lakey: wagingnonviolence.org/2025/08/a-ve...
Photo of the book. Yellow text on green background Q0
Just got my copy of @eileenflanagan.bsky.social's Common Ground: How the Crisis of the Earth Is Saving Us from Our Illusion of Separation. Can't wait to read it!
