Downingtown FriendsJul 1, 20201 min readWhen our light goes out...." At times, our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of...
Downingtown FriendsJun 21, 20201 min readThe Broken World WaitsDo not be dismayed by the brokenness of the world. All things break with time. And all things can be mended. Not with time, as they say,...
Downingtown FriendsMay 12, 20201 min read Boldness has Genius, Power, and Magic In It ! ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ~ Until one is committed there’s hesitancy, the chance to draw back, Always ineffectiveness. Concerning all...
Downingtown FriendsMay 12, 20201 min readSock-Making During QuarantineHello all! Monica asked me to share my little quarantine project, which is that I've learned to knit socks and chronicled the process on...
Downingtown FriendsMay 11, 20201 min readNessum Dorma Coronavirus Parody#video #funny #coronavirus #parody
Downingtown FriendsApr 22, 20201 min readTimeless Message Reprinted from the 1919 Spanish Flu Pandemic. ~ by Kathleen O'Mara, 1869 And peopled stayed at home And read books And listened And they...
Downingtown FriendsApr 21, 20201 min readAspire to the Reiki Daily Prayer? Do you have difficulty following through with the tenets of the Reiki Prayer? Just for today, (now) I will not worry. Just for today,...
Downingtown FriendsApr 18, 20201 min readAn Unusual Therapist Brings Joy to Patients#horse #therapy #joy #hope
Downingtown FriendsApr 17, 20201 min readMusic For HopeAndrew Bocelli: Music For Hope - Live From Duomo di Milano #video #hope #music
Downingtown FriendsApr 13, 20201 min readLiving in Uncertain TimesParker Palmer and Carrie Newcomer, both Quakers, have created a wonderful project called The Growing Edge. The most recent podcast...
Downingtown FriendsApr 12, 20201 min readEaster Daffodil Greeting from our Meeting WallHappy Easter, Friends! #Quaker #QuakerMeeting #Daffodil #Nature
Downingtown FriendsApr 12, 20201 min readSing along with us before Meeting for WorshipDo you miss hymn singing at Opening Exercises? Sing with us! #song #hymn #music #openingexercises #QuakerMeeting #Quaker
Downingtown FriendsApr 9, 20201 min readDanger and Possibility are Sisters "Inside the word emergency is emerge, from emergency new things come forth. The old certainties are crumbling fast, but danger and...
Downingtown FriendsApr 8, 20201 min readWhich Wolf Wins? The Cherokee parable about two wolves: One evening, an elderly Cherokee brave told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside...
Downingtown FriendsApr 8, 20201 min readStarfish StoryOne day a man was walking along the beach when he noticed a boy picking something up and gently throwing it into the ocean. Approaching...
Downingtown FriendsMar 31, 20201 min readResilience AdviceDr. Sue Varma, 9/11 Medical Director of Mental Health, recommends how to build resilience during these uncertain times. Have time each...
Downingtown FriendsMar 29, 20203 min read Laugh Often to Boost Immunity and Bust StressThe Physiological Effects of Laughter, By Lindsay Wilson-Barlow, MA - In the 1960s, a political journalist named Norman Cousins was...