Our advocacy is rooted in the conviction that a better world is possible. As people of faith and conscience, we bring our deeply held beliefs into our work for policy change, and we know how important and powerful it can be to frame our advocacy in the language of our faith.
This has been an inspiring time in Washington, D.C.! We have been riveted by our baseball team, the Washington Nationals, who unexpectedly made it into the playoffs and won the World Series! I became a big fan of this team. That they won and that I became so invested is testament that change can happen.
Friend Tom Bertrand is following a long-held tradition of visitation, and a leading to invite Friends to Quaker advocacy.
In Quaker meetings and churches, meeting minutes represent the wording of a decision or an agreed upon action to be taken by the meeting or church as a whole. FCNL recognizes the vitality of minutes as advocacy tools and as a means of communicating to members of Congress how a body of their constituents is thinking and acting on a particular issue.
Our country is struggling with deep divisions. Amid the blame of and attack on those who are different - in political views, race, religion, country of origin, or sexual orientation - it becomes even more urgent to highlight the value we place in one another. FCNL’s #LoveThyNeighbor (No Exceptions) campaign seeks to shift the narrative.
The election revealed our pain and brokenness as a country. With so much division, hurt, and anger, it is difficult to look for that of God in each other. What does it mean to love our neighbors now?
Take a moment to reflect in keeping with the Quaker practice of silent worship. Whether you are a regular attender or new to Quaker spaces, we welcome you to this bit of mid-week light!
Take a moment to reflect in keeping with the Quaker practice of silent worship. Whether you are a regular attender or new to Quaker spaces, we welcome you to this bit of mid-week light!
Take a moment to reflect in keeping with the Quaker practice of silent worship. Whether you are a regular attender or new to Quaker spaces, we welcome you to this bit of mid-week light!
Take a moment to reflect in keeping with the Quaker practice of silent worship. Whether you are a regular attender or new to Quaker spaces, we welcome you to this bit of mid-week light!
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