Category: Reposts
Insights on fundraising and nonprofit leadership.
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Originally posted on July 25th, 2019, at Robin’s blog, What Canst Thou Say? I remembered this morning why I come to yearly meeting. 20 years ago, I went to Pacific Yearly Meeting for the first time…
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Originally posted on December 30th, 2013, at Robin’s blog, What Canst Thou Say? I love opportunities to get together informally with Friends – this was the original basis of the convergent Friends dinner parties I organized…
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Originally posted on April 30th, 2013, at Robin’s blog, What Canst Thou Say? This essay also appears as the Foreword in An Inner Strength: Quakers and Leadership, edited by Kathy Hyzy, published by Western Friend. Who’s…
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Originally posted on September 17th, 2012, at Robin’s blog, What Canst Thou Say? Robin expanded further on this topic in her article “In Celebration of Bivocational Ministry” for Friends Journal in February of 2014. So have…
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Originally posted on September 5th, 2011, at Robin’s blog, What Canst Thou Say? New acquaintance: So what do you actually do in your job? Me: That’s a good question. It’s funny. I think it’s a good…
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Originally posted on February 25th, 2011, at Robin’s blog, What Canst Thou Say? On Sunday morning after Quaker Heritage Day, Wess “brought the message” to worship at Berkeley Friends Church. He told a parable about the…
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Originally posted on October 9th, 2010, at Robin’s blog, What Canst Thou Say? There’s been a fair amount of buzz in the Quaker blogosphere lately (and over the last five years) about Revitalizing the Message and…
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Originally posted on January 24th, 2006, at Robin’s blog, What Canst Thou Say? This is still my favorite phrase (so far) to describe the coming together of several strands of Quakerism. It describes Friends who are…
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Originally posted on October 31st, 2005, at Robin’s blog, What Canst Thou Say? If I were a tech-savvy blogger, this post would begin with a musical clip of Aretha Franklin wailing, “All you want, baby I…