The Conservative Friend
An Outreach of Ohio Yearly Meeting of Friends
Related Internet Sites
The Conservative Quaker world is becoming increasingly visible within
the internet. The following links will help you navigate through
the many sites of interest. Links to many individual websites may
be accessed through the official sites of the respective Yearly
Meetings.These links change from time to time, and we are always looking for additional connections that help spread the news that Christ has come to teach His people Himself. If you come across an internet link somewhere else that you think would be useful here, then by all means please let us know.
God's message comes through His cumulative revelation of Himself to His people, so tell us at our Contact Us page.
Independent Sites of Conservative Friends:
- Friends in Christ (Primitive Quakers) A small group of Primitive Friends (Plain Quakers) in the United Kingdom, with some adherents and sympathisers in other countries.
- Conservative Quakers Links, articles, forum (see below) from the perspective of a North Carolina Yearly Meeting member.
- Christian Quaker Internet Mission Planned and maintained by a member of Ohio Yearly Meeting who lives in Greece, this site "is a voluntary ministry of Christian Friends (Quakers) who want to fulfil the great commission given to us by our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, "Go ye therefore, and teach all nations." (Matthew 28:19. Forums, articles, internet links, etc. Help this site grow!
Conservative Quakers of America Essays, history, perspectives, and links to the growing worldwide community of Conservative Friends.
- QuakerJane A highly-visual website with perspectives on Quaker spirituality and the plain witness in dress, from a Conservative Friend's viewpoint. History, literature, nuts and bolts.
- QuakerAnne Extensive essays on Conservative plain dress and plain living, plus children's stories, farm life, workshops, and retreats.
- Chronicler's Minutiae "A sporadic blog on affairs relating to Wilburite Friends, primarily Ohio Yearly Meeting." Written by a prominent Conservative Friend, it contains essays on Quaker journals, the 2006 OYM Yearly Meeting, ministry, etc. A growing project.
- Casa Sobre una Roca--House Upon a Rock A blog presented by a Conservative Friend: "Turning Knowledge into Action: considering how to increase the practice of what is right."
- Quaker Ranter A delightful assembly of essay, opinion, news, and controversy, put together by acclaimed (and in some circles, notorious) blogger Martin Kelley. After all, he not only wears suspenders, but he's a vegan, too! Updated frequently.
- quakerthink Just another Conservative Friend. "I need a blog like I need more goats."
- A Place to Stand "I have been a member of North Carolina Yearly Meeting conservative for over twenty years... By trade I am a philosophy professor." Very useful for those of us dealing with puzzling leadings. Don't miss this one.
- A Poor Wayfaring Stranger. Quakerism and more from the perspective of a cat-loving member of North Carolina Yearly Meeting Conservative.
- Mystics, Poets, and Fools An Ohio Friend writes about God, dogs, and belly dancing.
- A Friendly Hesychast They found him in Mombasa.
Information about Friends and Friends' concerns:
- QuakerInfo: "This site endeavors to present the Religious Society of Friends generally, not just from the perspective of any particular group of Friends or any particular point on the Quaker spectrum." A vast website containing unique and original material about almost any aspect of Quakerism you can think of. News, history, opinion, forum, literature, etc.
- Religious Society of Friends (quaker.org) Extensive index of links to primary sites. Organizations, writings, history, geneology, mailing lists, etc.
- Quakerquaker: QuakerQuaker is put together by a team of Quaker bloggers scanning hundreds of websites a day for interesting new posts to highlight. The focus is on keeping a running tab on a very busy world of inter-related Quaker conversation on the Net. This being virtually impossible, frequent visits are advised.
- Quakerpedia:
A work in progress. This online encyclopedia is in Wiki-format,
which means it is volatile and written by submissions from the general
public. Look it over.
Forums and Interactive Mailing Lists
Conversation on the Net takes various forms:
In a forum, members visit the home page, sign in and then are presented with a master page listing a number of topics. By clicking on a particular topic, you can read the entire history of a conversation on that topic, entry by entry. Some conversations have dozens of participants and dozens of entries, and go on for a long time. You visit the page to sign in and participate in the forum. Forums make it easy to monitor activity on a topic over a long time, but can be complex for newcomers.
In an interactive mailing list, members subscribe to a master email address, and then send group emails to all other subscribers at once by addressing their email to the master address. Mailing lists are easy to join and participate in, because all you have to know how to do is send an email. But catching up on a conversation that started earlier requires visiting an archive file.
If you know of other forums and lists of interest to Conservative Friends, please let us know and we will see about posting their addresses here.
Conversation on the Net takes various forms:In a forum, members visit the home page, sign in and then are presented with a master page listing a number of topics. By clicking on a particular topic, you can read the entire history of a conversation on that topic, entry by entry. Some conversations have dozens of participants and dozens of entries, and go on for a long time. You visit the page to sign in and participate in the forum. Forums make it easy to monitor activity on a topic over a long time, but can be complex for newcomers.
In an interactive mailing list, members subscribe to a master email address, and then send group emails to all other subscribers at once by addressing their email to the master address. Mailing lists are easy to join and participate in, because all you have to know how to do is send an email. But catching up on a conversation that started earlier requires visiting an archive file.
If you know of other forums and lists of interest to Conservative Friends, please let us know and we will see about posting their addresses here.
- QuakerInfo Forum:
(See Bill Samuel's site above). This long-standing site is an excellent source
for conversation on a very wide range of topics of interest both
Friends and people who want to know more about them. A very wide range of opinion, too. Friendly.
- Conservative Quakers Forum:
Managed by a member of North Carolina Yearly Meeting
(Conservative). Subjects typically pertain more directly to Q
& A or conversation relating to Conservative Friends' faith and
practice. Welcoming.
- Quaker-W Forum:
"A discussion list for anyone interested in ancient Christianity and
the original message of Friends (Quakers). This is not a list for
advocating other doctrines or engaging in detraction. We hope to learn
from each other about ways in which the Lord Christ Jesus is active in
our lives today and to grow together in the faith." Irritable.
- Conservative Friend Email List:
Our own interactive mailing list. To use this tool, just visit
the page on this website,
click on "Subscribe," and follow the directions. You will
automatically receive any group emails sent to the master email address
by anybody else. To ask a question or make a comment yourself,
just send
an email to "ConservativeFriend@simplelists.com," and your message will
be broadcast to the other people who have subscribed.
Look at the "Archives" to see the history of any particular
conversation. We use our list for announcements, too. Wide-ranging.
- Christian Quaker Internet Mission Forum Part of the ambitious C.Q.I.M. website listed above. Much more than forums. Look it over.
Personal Sites of Interest:
- Brent Bill. We're still looking. You should, too.
- Among Friends. A joint blog maintained by several members of New York Yearly Meeting, USA. Look over the essay entitled, Jesus Christ Forbids War.
- Life-Force Vibrations. A Friend from the Pacific Northwest. An excellent central station for links to Friend's blogs and Quaker-related businesses, plus lots of information on self-sufficiency and strange-looking chickens.
- The Ear of the Soul "This divine whisper which enters in by the ear of the soul is not only substantial knowledge, but a manifestation also of the truths of the Divinity, and a revelation of the secret mysteries thereof."
- Rainbow Friends. A thoughtful examination of what it means to live in the crossroads of race, religion, social conflict, and economic oppression.
- The Ecstatic Quaker. Quaking for beginners. A fascinating approach.
- What Canst Thou Say? A San Francisco Friend engaged in very interesting transitions.
- Tables, Chairs, and Oaken Chests. Another one on the slippery slope. We're watching.
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