What DO We Have in Common?

by Sarah Way 
Brooklyn Meeting

That which Unites Quakers

by Caroline Lane 
Flushing Meeting

I first became a Quaker by joining Lincoln Monthly Meeting in Lincoln, Nebraska.

United in The Light

by Don Bagley 
Poughkeepsie Meeting

As we consider what binds or divides Friends as a religious society, perhaps we should begin by identifying what is distinctive about “Quakerism.” The surface differences between our diverse practices are easy to identify.  Does there remain a mutual distinguishing characteristic of Friends? Perhaps. This Friend hopes so and offers this for discernment.