Looking outside the meetinghouse (FJ call for submissions)

Martin Kelley — Tue, 06 Nov 2018 21:25:07 +0000

Let me give a plug that Friends Journal is looking for articles on the topic of “Outside the Meetinghouse” for the March issue. The deadline is a little over a month away. Here’s a little bit of my write-up for it, as a teaser:

There is a long history of Friends preaching and witnessing outside of the confines of the meetinghouse. George Fox’s Journal is full of unconventional worshiping; he had a particular penchant for preaching from any bit of high ground he could find, like a tree or rock outcropping. His contemporary James Naylor is most remembered for re‐enacting Jesus’s Palm Sunday entry into Jerusalem by dramatically riding a horse down a main road into Bristol. Modern‐day Friends continue to find unconventional places to worship…

Also, I’ve just set up a form to get on the email notification list to get pinged when topic write-ups get posted. It’s very low-volume, as we only write these once a month. There’s only two subscribers. For the time being, I’m just keeping the emails in a list and sending personalized emails.

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Looking outside the meetinghouse (FJ call for submissions)