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OPINION | Maya Porter: Joy spreads and changes the world

As I contemplate the greenness around me, the chirping birds at my feeder, the calves kicking up their hooves in the pasture across the way, I feel joy bubbling up in me like an erupting geyser. Spring is a time for joy. Even as the world is embroiled in war, disaster, and conflict, it s possible to be joyful. ....

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OPINION | Maya Porter: Does extreme protest help or hinder the cause?

In September 1738, Quaker Benjamin Lay, a dwarf barely 4 feet tall, filled an animal bladder with bright red pokeberry juice, then tucked it into the secret compartment of a book. He donned a military uniform and a sword, covered himself in an overcoat that hid the book, and set off from his home in Pennsylvania for New Jersey, where he attended the Yearly Meeting of the most powerful Quakers. Many of these leading Quakers were slave owners. ....

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OPINION | Maya Porter: Light will win out over darkness in us, our world

If there is one concept that runs through all Quaker thought, it is "the Light." We hold each other in the Light; we wait for the Light; we follow the leadings of the Light. Through all the dark years of persecution and imprisonment in the 1600s, the Light protected Friends from despair and bitterness. ....

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Maya Porter: One small kindness can make big difference

Sometimes the little things make a huge difference in life. With all the death and destruction in the world, many people are suffering and grieving from events they have no control over. Considering the magnitude of this suffering, it s easy to overlook the importance of little events. ....

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Maya Porter: Intention, effort lead to unity

Quakers have an odd way of doing business: We never vote on anything. Never. When we need to make a decision, we talk about it until we feel we have unity, and then we move forward. It's up to the person conducting the meeting the Clerk to know when unity has been reached. If even one person is not on board, the decision is not to act, or the issue may be postponed until a later meeting. It's a very inefficient way to do business, but efficiency is not the goal. Unity is. ....

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