Charleston Quakers

05/28/2026

Sometimes hearing things in a foreign language tales you out of your head, and allows to feel the truth.

04/16/2026

One of the best interpretations of the way, truth and life. A Must Read!
Thanks Jim Palmer

"Hi, Jim! There's that verse where Jesus says, "No one comes to the Father except through me." I don't believe that verse anymore, but I don't know what to do with it." The entire statement attributed to Jesus in the Book of John reads, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the F...

03/30/2026

02/04/2026

“Christ has no body on the earth, but yours.”

01/04/2026

A very Quakerly message. BE PEACE. It will naturally change others.

✍️ Some people may doubt that our walk can bring peace to the world—and we understand that doubt completely. But everything that has ever mattered began with something impossibly small. A single seed. A first mindful breath. A quiet decision to take one step, then another.

Our walking itself cannot create peace. But when someone encounters us—whether by the roadside, online, or through a friend—when our message touches something deep within them, when it awakens the peace that has always lived quietly in their own heart—something sacred begins to unfold.

That person carries something forward they didn’t have before, or perhaps something they had forgotten was there. They become more mindful in their daily life—more present with each breath, more aware of each moment. They speak a little more gently to their child. They listen more patiently to their partner. They extend kindness to a stranger who needed it desperately.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

And that stranger, touched by unexpected compassion, carries it forward to someone else. And it continues—ripple by ripple, heart by heart, moment by moment—spreading outward in ways none of us will ever fully witness, creating more peace in the world than we could possibly measure.

This is our contribution—not to force peace upon the world, but to help nurture it, one awakened heart at a time. Not the Walk for Peace alone can do this, but all of us together—everyone who has been walking with us in spirit, everyone who feels something stir within them when they encounter this journey, everyone who decides that cultivating peace within themselves matters.

One step becomes two. Two become a thousand. A thousand become countless. And slowly, gently, persistently—not through grand gestures but through ten thousand small acts of love—we can help make the world more peaceful.

This is our hope. This is our offering. This is why we walk.

May you and all beings be well, happy, and at peace.

12/15/2025

This is a great primer for Quaker worship. The only thing we do differently is to seek this presence as a Sacred opportunity

11/24/2025

LATERAL KINDNESS - what a sweet and easy concept

05/12/2025

A TESTIMONY OF FAITH

There seems to be a great deal of “religious” Americans calling for a pro-God agenda. Post after post across social media are challenging people to use the term God, instead of any other term like Creator, Love, Light, Universe, Source, Father, Great Mother, etc.

As a Quaker, I feel called to testify that I believe in and worship God, whom I call on by many names. However, my definition may not be yours and let’s face it, God has been packaged in some pretty ugly wrappers this century: Judgment, righteousness, false piety, pro-politics, Old Testament Judge and Jury, etc.

Let us not confuse God with organized religion’s finite definition of God. When I hear people use other terms than God, I usually interpret this to mean that they have been burned by organized religion but still long for something bigger than everything.

Giving them freedom to call God by other names honors their journey toward a Source of strength, power, and love.

Jesus taught me that we are all in this together and that we must meet people where they are and love them unconditionally.

Years ago, my neice told my mother she no longer believed in God because of her warped religious upbringing that saved some and condemned others. Instead of “correcting” her, my mother just smiled and said, that’s okay. God believes in you.

I remember that whenever I long to “correct” (control) how others approach faith and I am so very grateful that Quakerism is based on testimonies rather than doctrine or dogma.

-Trish Bender

04/04/2025

DO join us Sundays for Meeting for Worship from 10-11am at The Palms Senior Living on 937 Bowman in Mt.Pleasant.