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07/02/2019 · Martin Kelley
“This past sum­mer, far from home, I couldn’t sleep. As soon as I laid down, my gut felt under attack. My wife, Gin­ger, and I were in the French Midi‐Pyrenees vis­it­ing friends who adored big meaty and cheesy lunch­es, to which we had suc­cumbed.” https://t.co/QHd59d684f #quak­ers
Posted July 2nd, 2019 
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What is a Quaker Book of Faith and Practice?
06/20/201906/20/2019 · Martin Kelley
Thomas Hamm is one of the most lit­er­ary Quak­er­S­peak inter­vie­wees — you could prob­a­bly take his raw tran­script and pub­lish it as a Friends Jour­nal arti­cle. But it’s good to have a YouTube‐accessible expla­na­tion of one of the only for­mal com­pendi­ums of belief and prac­tices that we creed‐adverse Friends pro­duce. It’s also fas­ci­nat­ing to learn how the pur­pose and struc­ture of Faith and Prac­tice has dif­fered over time, geog­ra­phy, and the­ol­o­gy. What do Quak­ers believe? How do we prac­tice our faith? The best place to look for the answers might be in a book of faith and prac­tice. Here’s what they are and how they evolved over time.       What is a Quak­er Book of Faith and Prac­tice?   What do Quak­ers believe? How do we prac­tice our faith? The best place to look for the answers…    Quak­er­S­peak
Posted June 20th, 2019 
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Visiting Petty Island
06/16/201906/20/2019 · Martin Kelley
As a lover of maps, I’ve often be intrigued by the envi­rons  of the Delaware Riv­er. As the tides go up and down, the time­less­ness of the riv­er becomes a kind of gen­tle solace to the indus­tri­al­iza­tion along its banks. Nowhere is this more appar­ent than on the islands which some­how remain in its course. I’ve camped at Pea Patch Island down by Delaware and found a sur­pris­ing fam­i­ly con­nec­tion in its con­vo­lut­ed own­er­ship. But clos­er to my com­mute is Pet­ty Island, sit­ting along­side the New Jer­sey main­land a short dis­tance north of the Ben Franklin Bridge. Pet­ty Island is owned by the Cit­go oil com­pa­ny and until just a few months ago was still dot­ted with its oil tanks and a large marine car­go facil­i­ty. Satel­lite views still show this twen­ti­eth cen­tu­ry indus­try. But in a very long and oftentimes‐uncertain