Pendle Hill’s Reading Group (March)

Our Reading Group focuses on Pendle Hill pamphlets and other Quaker readings, gathering to consider queries about the reading in a spirit of worship sharing.

This month, we will read Walking with the Bible (PHP #474), by Carl Magruder, Adria Gulizia DiCapua, and Colin Saxton, and with an introduction by Peter Blood. Three authors talk about the role the Bible plays in their lives, reflect on a Bible passage, and share ministry rising from it. You can purchase copies of this publication at the following links:

Walking with the Bible
PH pamphlet (printed edition)
Amazon Kindle (e-book)
Barnes & Noble Nook (e-book)

Leader(s)

Janaki Spickard Keeler, M.S.S., L.C.S.W. is a life-long Quaker, writer, and family therapist. She has a masters degree in social work from Bryn Mawr College and did her undergraduate study at Smith College in political science and mathematics. As a clinical social worker, she unites writing with sacred change, helping people re-author the narratives of their lives in a direction that better fits their deep truths.

Janaki stewards the Pendle Hill Pamphlets series of essays on Quaker perspectives on contemporary themes, serves her yearly meeting as coordinator of the Friends Counseling Service, and blogs occasionally at The Quietest Quaker. She is a member of Chestnut Hill Monthly Meeting (PYM) and the author of Pendle Hill pamphlet #478.

Lucas Meyer-Lee (he/they) is a current Quaker Voluntary Service fellow, working in this capacity as the Education Associate at Pendle Hill. They are a recent graduate of Swarthmore College, where they studied across a wide range of arts and humanities. Lucas has been guided by a lifelong love for visual and literary arts in particular, leading them towards extended engagements with poetry, printmaking, painting, sculpture, graphic design, and boardgame design. In the coming years, they hope to continue their higher education, researching Arabic comparative literature at the graduate level.

Lucas currently serves on the American Friend Service Committee’s Community, Equity, and Justice Board Committee and as the co-coordinator for Friends General Conference’s Adult Young Friend community.

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