For his first word, Friend Chris L. explores the concept of "minimal viable product" which he picked up while working at a software company. While the concept sounded bad at first, Chris breaks down a minimal viable product in the context of his current life and explores how it is helping him see the world.

As a Quaker community, we value the tradition in which we gather. Over the next year, we will spend time exploring various "testimonies" of Quakerism. For this installment, we hear from our Friend Mica about the Quaker use of Queries.

We invited Friend Lloyd Lee Wilson to speak to our community about the Quaker testimonies. What is at the core of Quaker faith and practice?

Lloyd Lee Wilson, visiting from Friendship Friends Meeting of North Carolina Yearly Meeting, offered a message on Waiting Worship. Waiting Worship appears outwardly as silence, but inwardly is waiting upon God for immediate inspiration.

On one of the most emotionally complex Sundays of the year, Mother's Day, klarissa offers a message on alloparenting and chosen family.

For the next few months, we are going to be diving into the depths of our Quaker tradition. Quakerism is still alive, and we are intrigued by the ways in which it continues to inform the way we live our lives. For our first part, we invited our Friends Pat & Carol to share about simplicity.

On Sunday morning, Mark worshipped in a cathedral with a million-dollar bell tower, and on Sunday evenings he pulled food out of a trader joe's dumpster to eat. The paradox of the Christian church in America is that it exists alongside Empire mentality. What does it mean for Jesus followers to bring about the Kin-dom of God in the midst of Empre?

Margie Simmons shared a First Word about the metaphor of juggling glass balls, and about being okay with not being okay.

Mica shared a First Word about the tendency to avoid discomfort. Uncomfortable situations seem to be where the God of the Bible seeks to meet us.

Greg Morgan spoke about authority and the consensual power we give over to others. It has been his experience that the authority of Jesus grows experimentally within him. When you listen for God speaking through others, how do you look beyond the surface to listen for the Spirit of God? Are you mindful to give God inward authority over your own desires and preferences?