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A Wandering Mind: Artwork done with openness to the Divine while Listening. By Dana Gayner. From Inward Light; Summer Solstice 2025. FCRP. Friends Collaborative.Â
A Wandering Mind Dana Gayner I created this drawing while at the 2025 Friends Conference on Religion and Psychology at Pendle Hill,...
Karen Zipser
Jul 82 min read
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Be Present, Open, Grow
Begin Again, Gently Curtis E. Spence  The soul doesn’t rush. It asks only that we listen, that we remain open— to wonder, to suffering,...
Karen Zipser
Jul 81 min read
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Lauri Holmes on 2025 FCRP
Reflections on the 2025 FCRP Conference Lauri Holmes As I look back on the Memorial Day weekend at Pendle Hill, it’s not easy to express...
Karen Zipser
Jul 85 min read
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Resist and still be Present
Resisting Violence Quotation from Rita Nakashima Brock “ We can resist and redress violence by acting for justice and by being present:...
Karen Zipser
Jul 81 min read
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Reaction to Thich Nhat Hanh Poem
The Response Fern Ziegler I have written poetry for years. This is the first poem that I wrote in a new writers group that formed after...
Karen Zipser
Jul 82 min read
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Collaborative Poetry
FCRP Potpourri During the FCRP 2025 weekend, participants were invited to write one word, a couple of words, or a phrase as they were...
Karen Zipser
Jul 82 min read
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Political Turbulence
Times Like These Margot McClellan I know that there have been times like these. When the world seemed to be ripping apart at its seams...
Karen Zipser
Jul 82 min read
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Another Lauri
Reflections on the 2025 FCRP Conference Lauri Holmes As I look back on the Memorial Day weekend at Pendle Hill, it’s not easy to express...
Karen Zipser
Jul 85 min read
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Summer Solstice: Trusting the Seed. Intro to this Issue. Hopes for creativity. New ideas become reality. Jan Mullen | From Inward Light Summer Solstice 2025 No. 108 FCRP. FCRP Collaborative.
Introduction  Summer Solstice: Trusting the Seed  ...the Summer Solstice reminds us to turn inward and find the nourishment needed to...
Karen Zipser
Jul 71 min read
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Inward Light
Cultivating the inner light and relating it to our times. Summer Solstice 2025 - Number 108 Editor: Jan Mullen Website Editor: Karen...
Karen Zipser
Jul 111 min read
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