The theme for this third Sunday of Advent is “peace.” The Scripture today describes a state of affairs known as “The Peaceable Kingdom.” In

In the New Testament, Paul frequently uses the phrase “in good order” when he talks about how worship should be conducted. In a 1678 letter

Well, the weather has turned here in Richmond. Just in the last couple of days we’ve had the first really cool temperatures of the season:

We’re picking up again where we left off two weeks ago, with this passage from Matthew 18, and adding another to it, from Matthew’s fifth

Friends, fellow Quakers, today we gather to explore more deeply the profound teaching of Jesus concerning loving our enemies.

One of our treasured pieces of Quaker vocabulary is the phrase, “Gospel Order”. I don’t know where this term came from or when...

Even though I am far away, when I first visualized giving this message, I imagined standing right there with you at West Richmond and being

Rosy got down on her knees to pray. It was a “why-God” prayer, one of the diciest kinds of prayers, because we so seldom get to know “why”.

These words from a prophet in ancient Israel in the 8th century BCE were absorbed by George Fox and used centuries later in 17th century Eng

This fall and winter, Friend Jim Fussell led five sessions on Quaker Testimony for us as an adult Sunday School opportunity. Jim...

Last week when Lucy Price spoke, she reminded us of the season known as Lent, the season we have now entered. Lucy made the standard Quaker

I. Consider the Lilies! A. Here in the North Country • Bulbs are all safely underground • Last week's thaw is not the beginning of spring

There is a common theme between the passage read by Sussie from the prophet Isaiah in the Hebrew Scriptures, also known as the Old Testament

Isn’t this a wonderful story? There’s so much in it that stirs the imagination: a star rising in the east, a spiritual quest, a clandestine

It’s good to be with all of you this evening, though the weather conditions mean that our Zoom congregation is much larger than our in-perso

Have you ever had someone take your words and distort them, either because of honest misunderstanding, or willful intent? If you have, and y

It was once said that, were the Bible to be lost—all of its various manuscripts and translations somehow destroyed—that it could be recovere

Quiet calm on surface…deep river…swirling, powerful, passion Good morning, Friends, When was the last time you saw the glory of God? Saw it

About twenty-five years ago, Friends from various Yearly Meetings and organizations called a special conference on voluntary service that wa

Message for worship at West Richmond Friends Meeting, 7th of Eighth Month, 2022 Speaker: Robert Wafula Scripture: Genesis 22:1-2 After...