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Meanderings and Musings

Posted on 6 November 2012 by micah | 0 Comments

By Annie Glen – Interim Communications Manager/Editor Part of my duties as editor is to receive various books from other publishing houses for review. I take those books and offer them to the panel of reviewers to have them write their impressions. Every once in a while there is a book that speaks to me immediately and I cannot give…

Staff Reports: John Muhanji

Posted on 9 October 2012 by micah | 4 Comments

Updates from John Muhanji What made you laugh? The month of July was one of the most fulfilling. We visited the highest part of Mt. Elgon called Kaboywa where we have a Quaker church and a school close to the forest with people who have never been visited. When the children in class saw our vehicle crossing the school field…

Meanderings and Musings

Posted on 24 September 2012 by micah | 0 Comments

By Annie Glen – Interim Communications Manager/Editor It was during a very stressful time that I received the mug that you see in the picture below. At that time, my prayer and facial expression were pretty much the same as what is painted on its surface: eyes crossed, mouth in a grimace while muttering the words, “Now what?” It seems…

Ending Cycles of Violence: Kenyan Quaker Peacemaking Response after the 2007 Election

Posted on 24 September 2012 by micah | 0 Comments

By Judy Lumb Producciones de la Hamaca, year?, 131 pp., $12 In 2008 when the post-election violence was happening in Kenya, I was very concerned for the Friends I had made, FUM’s field staff, as well as the nation itself. But, I really didn’t understand the whole picture. I didn’t understand tribalism or how it could possibly have escalated to…

QuakerSpring: A Prayerful Community

Posted on 24 September 2012 by micah | 0 Comments

By Micah Bales – FUM Interim Communications and Web Specialist God continues to surprise me. All the Holy Spirit has to do is blow through, and I am back to square one; the sand castles that I have built are swept away by the tide, and I am left without fortifications before God. I suppose it could be frustrating to…

40 Days of Prayer for the Future of Friends – An Interview

Posted on 24 September 2012 by micah | 0 Comments

In a conversation with Sylvia Graves, former General Secretary of Friends United Meeting, Colin Saxton, current General Secretary, and Kelly Kellum, clerk of the Restructuring Committee of FUM’s General Board, the three shared their insights of the program, 40 Days of Prayer for the Future of Friends, with the editor of Quaker Life. QL: What is 40 Days of Prayer? Colin:…

FUM Africa Ministries

Posted on 24 September 2012 by micah | 1 Comments

By John Muhanji – FUM Africa Ministries Representative, Kisumu, Kenya The month of July was one of the most fulfilling times in my ministry. We visited the highest part of Mt. Elgon, called Kaboywa, where there is a Quaker church and a school, built in 1952 by Quaker missionaries. The children, who were in class, saw the vehicle we were…

FUM Field Staff Updates

Posted on 24 September 2012 by micah | 0 Comments

Sam and Becky Barber, Eden Grace and Ann Riggs were in North America this summer. We hope you had the time to visit with them and enjoy stories of their exciting ministires. Please continue to pray for all our field staff as they engage in equipping and energizing Friends all over the world. News from Sam and Becky Barber (Belize…

Spreading the Word

Posted on 24 September 2012 by micah | 0 Comments

By Micah Bales – Interim Communications and Web Specialist See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland. — Isaiah 43:19 This July, I began work as Interim Communications and Web Specialist for Friends United Meeting. It is a privilege…

Out of My Mind

Posted on 24 September 2012 by micah | 0 Comments

By Colin Saxton – General Secretary Several years ago, I was part of a seminar led by a well-known theologian considering the impact of postmodern thought on Christian faith and life. At some point, in the midst of all the heady debate and discussion, the subject of prayer arose. I don’t recall the comment that set him off, but before…