May 2008

Monthly Archive

Parker Palmer on Leadership

Posted on May. 16, 2008 | Tagged as: Clerk's Blog, Conversations

Last Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business I read a passage out of the opening silence. Here it is:
Unfortunately, our idea of leadership has been deformed by a myth that links leadership to hierarchy, as if leaders were needed only in systems that operate from the top down. But when we are in “community”—which, [...]

A Friend’s thoughts about economic stimulus checks

Posted on May. 12, 2008 | Tagged as: Conversations

By Aimee McAdams
So, I’ve been thinking…
I’ve been carrying a concern for a number of months now. I read in the news awhile back that a recession is expected and the economy isn’t doing well, so the government has decided to send out “economic stimulus” checks to most Americans. As the discussion was [...]

Explaining the “Meet the Parts of Meeting Party,” 5/9, 6:30PM

Posted on May. 03, 2008 | Tagged as: Clerk's Blog, Events, News

Like many of us, your new clerks, Richard Fuller and Anne Supplee , see the “spiritual world” as an important part of life, even though it’s invisible and even though everyone perceives it in their own way. We also feel that TCFM is a vibrant spiritual community with many synchronicities and influences (that some would [...]