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Friends United Meeting: Quaker Life

... Quaker Life May 2002   Bear One Another's Burdens By Jennifer Frick Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. Galatians 6:2 Racism is one of the most painful issues that we, as Christians and as Friends, are called to address. In the United States, we have heard about how it ...
http://www.fum.org/QL/issues/0205/burdens.htm , 14374 bytes

Friends United Meeting: Quaker Life

... the basement of First Iconium Church in Atlanta. One of the pilgrims banged on a pot, demanded our attention, and then spoke harshly about purported racism within the Pilgrimage. Another exclaimed, "This Pilgrimage is for black people and black people only! The Pilgrimage is not about whiteness ...
http://www.fum.org/QL/issues/9903/schiel.htm , 19083 bytes

Friends United Meeting: Quaker Life

... 's wife. It's the family business: the business of "love God and your neighbor."  But, as I grew up in the church, I witnessed racism and saw that it was acceptable. How can one "love God and your neighbor" and be a racist? This confused me. I asked my father ...
http://www.fum.org/QL/issues/9707/eric.htm , 17205 bytes

Friends United Meeting: Quaker Life

... abusers accountable without resorting to retribution or the death penalty; religious freedom and proselytism; uprooted people; indigenous people; racism; and people with disabilities. It calls on churches to be proactive in engaging in human rights education and in peace building. Child soldiers-the ...
http://www.fum.org/QL/issues/9906/grace-side.htm , 16312 bytes

Friends United Meeting: Quaker Life

... Jennifer speaks with Friends who consciously seek reconciliation across racial divides in the United States, and explores ways of reaching out. 14 Racism is Rooted in Hatred, Not Cultural Differences David Niyonzima David writes about how racism developed in Burundi, and of the long standing tradition ...
http://www.fum.org/QL/issues/0205/index.htm , 9477 bytes

Friends United Meeting: Quaker Life

... from that camp with blisters on my hands and a good feeling in my heart." Yet, the Earlham community certainly wasn't perfect; George found racism and prejudice there as well. He remembers a Caucasian boy and African-American girl who dated exclusively. The Earlham constituency disapproved ...
http://www.fum.org/QL/issues/9709/Sawyer.htm , 19751 bytes

Friends United Meeting: Quaker Life

... open the doors of our meetinghouses to people of color. Skip Schiel, p. 4, and Gordon Browne, p. 6, help us look at our mixed history in regard to racism. FUM's purpose statement is all about spiritual hospitality. And the Gospel is all about breaking down those walls which stand between us and God ...
http://www.fum.org/QL/issues/9903/toc.htm , 10042 bytes

Friends United Meeting: About FUM - An Introduction

... 's (the Corinthian Church) response to the work and then drawing some lessons for the Friends Church today. Caesar's story raises the issues of racism, hatred, under privilege, violence, salvation, forgiveness, healing, career, training, vision leadership and leadership development among others. Let ...
http://www.fum.org/about/triennial_Oliver.htm , 37974 bytes

kisaka

... issues I see facing Quakerism in the 21st century: First, Relationships Trust between human beings is on the decline. We face the ugly challenges of racism, tribalism, gender injustice, religious acrimony, rich versus poor, lack of integrity, unfair justice systems and the breakdown of moral values ...
http://www.fum.org/QL/issues/kisaka.htm , 26902 bytes

Friends United Meeting: Quaker Life

... adoptive family to celebrate such days, but somehow it is especially fitting. We have been able to sample the variety of acceptance, and inevitable racism, in Massachusetts, Maine, Minnesota, Rhode Island, and now Indiana. Racism is largely born of ignorance combined with fear. When both of these elements ...
http://www.fum.org/QL/issues/9809/grannell.htm , 15816 bytes