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My history essentially drifts off about the time the textile mills take over
Among other things, I would love to know more about the livelihoods of Dover’s Quaker families, especially as they evolved over the generations. How did they acquire new skills, for one thing, as the...
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Considering the play, ‘Mother Whittier’s Meeting’
In timing my book for Quaking Dover for the 400th anniversary of English settlement in town, I gave myself a deadline that ensured it would actually be done. Otherwise, I’d still be researching it. In...
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Maybe I’m going soft, but I am viewing the Puritans in a fresh light
Readers of my new book are telling me how shocking they find the Puritans’ cruel persecution of the up-and-coming Quaker faith. That reaction is quickly followed with their disgust that the Puritans...
View ArticleTo those who say God wrote the Bible, let me reply as a writer
If He’s so perfect, why didn’t He do a better job of it? (See any masculine references here as traditional and object to them as you wish.) Even in Hebrew, so I’m told, many key passages are...
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Join me virtually at Cape Cod
I’d love for you to join me on Cape Cod on Sunday, July 9, for a Zoom examination of ways a faith community can sustain a unique witness in the face of strong resistance. I do expect some lively...
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Now for a fresh take on my new book
Frankly, I hadn’t thought about this side of my history Quaking Dover until I was invited to do a Zoom presentation. But the elements are all in the story as I recorded them. (This is one more example...
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All advocates of peace are invited
I didn’t make these points this baldly in my book Quaking Dover, but as I’ve prepared for my upcoming presentation from West Falmouth Friends’ Peace and Social Order committee’s Zoom presentation, I’m...
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Free, this month only
Do you read ebooks? If so, here’s an offer you really can’t pass up. For the month of July, the digital version of my history Quaking Dover is being offered for free at Smashword.com’s annual summer...
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Welcome to Cobscook Friends
As a small, rural Quaker fellowship, we’re especially happy to be worshipping together in one space every Sunday again, at least through the summer and early autumn. Covid, of course, had us connected...
View ArticleWWJD in practice?
Quakers advise living in simplicity, but it can be complicated. For example, how do we feel about heated car seats? Especially if the car already came equipped with them? And, for extra points, was...
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