by Gale Toko-Ross | Feb 14, 2017 | Our Meeting, Quaker Outreach
Cadbury chocolate company was founded by Quaker John Cadbury in London in 1824. Tea, coffee, cocoa and drinking chocolate were not only delicious, they were also considered to be healthy alternatives to alcohol, which Quakers deemed bad for society (many, but not all,...
by CharlieJ | Dec 8, 2016 | Our Meeting
Some may be put off by this question, as Buddhism is usually thought of as a religion. But Buddha was primarily a student of human nature, as were two other sages of antiquity, Lao Tzu and Confucius. As with these other men, a religion was created in Buddha’s name....
by CharlieJ | Aug 5, 2016 | Our Meeting
Dear Friends, I composed this Open Letter to Meeting late last year, but it could not be shared easily until recently. As I’ve mentioned during Meeting, the Morbidity and Mortality (suffering and death) caused by Depression world wide is second only to that caused by...