Tag: quaker

I must begin with my standard disclaimer about Quakers and Quakerism.  We are a non-creedal group, so there is no set of beliefs that are required to be a Quaker. Beliefs on a topic like the existence of hell will typically range the full spectrum of belief found in the larger society.   

I can’t find the passage now, but I know it’s there. Sometime in the late fall or early winter of 1853, Henry David Thoreau wrote in his journal that nature now has Quaker colors.

This weekend Spokane Friends will be hosting Francisco Burgos, executive director of Pendle Hill, a well-know Quaker retreat and conference.

One reason is that Quakers consider silence a sacred place, a special and set apart meeting place — that is where people can encounter the living God.

We have an opportunity here to learn about the belief systems that make up Spokane.