Anthony Manousos

Articles

Organize

Authors:

Anthony Manousos

Dear Editor: Thanks for another great issue of Western Friend. I was inspired/provoked to write this response to a couple of the articles you published in the May/June 2023 issue.

Issue: On Dignity ( July 2023 )

Quakers: The Quiet Revolutionaries (review)

Authors:

Anthony Manousos

An engaging 2018 documentary film, Quakers: The Quiet Revolutionaries, provides a useful overview of Quaker history from an activist perspective. Thanks to PBS, it has been broadcast to over 250,000 households in the U.S. Director-producer Janet Gardner, Cinematographer Kevin Clouthier, Consultant Richard Nurse, and others on this team deserve kudos for their efforts to make Quaker history come alive. This documentary is intended for a popular audience and is spreading the Quaker message where it most needs to be heard.

Issue: On Debt ( July 2021 )

Thanks to a Friend of Moscow

Authors:

Anthony Manousos

Dear Editor: I loved the article by Julie Harlow in the March/April issue of Western Friend. She really touched my heart with her honesty, commitment, and vision for authentic Quakerism. Like Julie, I was deeply involved in Soviet-American reconciliation work in the 1980s. I got to know Julie when she was taking groups of Friends from PacYM to the Soviet Union to build friendships and get to know our “enemy” as part of the citizen diplomacy movement. I felt our citizen diplomacy work helped to end the Cold War. Julie continued to follow her calling to be a Friendly presence for those in Russia who are drawn to Quakerism. Over the years, she has done amazing work through her faithfulness to her leading. I thank God for her!

Issue: On Tricks ( May 2021 )

Thoughts from a Loving Gadfly

Authors:

Anthony Manousos

In January this year, I submitted an article to Western Friend about Friends and the “Beloved Community,” and I received the best rejection letter ever. The editor told me she tends to publish good news about Friends on the website, but wants the magazine to contain articles that “dig deeper into the quandaries, conflicts, values, etc., that underlie all the good work.” This seems like an editorial policy that will keep the magazine interesting and relevant.

Issue: On Tricks ( May 2021 )

Racism, Housing, and Cities

Authors:

Anthony Manousos

Eight years ago, I married Jill Shook, a housing justice advocate and Evangelical Christian who loves Jesus and justice. She also loves Quakers and attends Orange Grove Meeting (and the Methodist Church). The more I walk or drive around Pasadena with her, the more I see a side of this city that I never even imagined before. I have come to see the “secret life” of this city – how housing policies determine where and how homes are built and businesses are situated. Cities don’t just happen, they are created and shaped by policy makers with values that are often colored by classism, xenophobia, and racism.

Issue: On Secrets ( July 2020 )

“Amost Right” is Not “Right”

Authors:

Dear Editor: I deeply appreciate your publishing my poem “On Garbage” in the Nov/Dec 2017 issue of Western Friend, but I was disappointed that a word was omitted from the penultimate line. It should have read:

Issue: On Captivity ( January 2018 )

Celebration of Garbage (corrected)

Authors:

Anthony Manousos

Anthony Manousos is a member of Orange Grove Meeting in Pasadena, CA (PYM).

Issue: On Captivity ( January 2018 )

The Airtight Cage of Poverty

Authors:

“We are tired of smothering in an airtight cage of poverty in the midst of an affluent society,” said Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., in his “Letter from Birmingham Jail” (1963). To address this crisis, Dr. King (along with Quaker activist Bayard Rustin) launched the Poor People’s Campaign, focusing on economic justice, especially around jobs and housing. In February 1968, King announced the Campaign’s specific demands: $30 billion for anti-poverty programs, full employment, guaranteed income, and the annual construction of 500,000 affordable residences.

Issue: On Captivity ( January 2018 )

Importance of Quaker History

Authors:

Anthony Manousos

On October 26 I took part in an interesting phone workshop on Quaker history sponsored by the Western Friend. It was the first online workshop I have ever taken part in, and I want to commend Mary Klein for organizing it and for providing excellent background readings and good questions to ponder. It worked extremely well. I was able to hear and see everyone clearly.

Issue: On Garbage ( November 2017 )

Celebration of Garbage

Authors:

Anthony Manousos

Issue: On Garbage ( November 2017 )

Reflections with God and Alphabet Prayer (reviews)

Authors:

Anthony Manousos

Issue: On Politics ( July 2017 )

Surmounting Limits in Quakerism

Authors:

Anthony Manousos

When I asked Mary Klein if she would publish an article about the 2016 meeting of Friends World Committee on Consultation, she suggested that I write one for the issue on “Limits.” My initial response was: “Is she kidding?” I was grateful for her offer, but something in me bristles at the word “limits.”

Issue: On Limits ( May 2016 )

Time, History and the Eternal Now

Authors:

Anthony Manousos

My first encounter with Friends occurred thirty years ago in my hometown of Princeton, New Jersey. I was going through a tumultuous time, and I found the Princeton Meeting to be a place of peace and comfort. Later, as I became more involved with Quakerism, I learned about the history of Princeton Meeting and the hidden history of local Quakers, who were the original settlers there. I learned that the Quakers didn’t take sides during the Revolutionary War; that they cared for the American and British wounded equally; and that as a result, they fell out of favor politically.

Issue: On Time ( March 2014 )

Building Bridges Among Friends

Authors:

Anthony Manousos

Dear Editor: I am grateful that you published the "Estranged Family of Friends" by Andrew Secret (Sept/Oct 2013). I was moved by his testimony and commitment to fostering unity among different branches of Friends and agree with him with him that "cross fertilization between the traditions...could be very valuable." Amazing things have occurred in the Pacific Northwest since women of the programmed and unprogrammed traditions got together, shared their stories, and developed friendships. The Quaker Women's Theological Conferences, the involvement of Northwest Yearly Meeting in FWCC, FCNL and AFSC, etc. have had a significant impact on the spiritual life of Friends, and enhanced our witness to the world.

Issue: On Deception ( November 2013 )

Gun Buy-Back

Authors:

Anthony Manousos

Dear Editor: I thought your readers might be interested in this timely article. I've written a lot about this issue on my blog ever since we started our "turning swords into plowshares" campaign three months ago.

Issue: On Superiority ( July 2013 )

Grateful for Yearly Meeting Action

Authors:

Anthony Manousos

Issue: On Legacy ( September 2024 )

Archive Articles

Western Friend - Summer 2008 - The Unpublished Autobiography of Howard Brinton: Quaker Educator-Pendle Hill Director and Found of Friends Bulletin and Pacific Yearly Meeting
Western Friend - Summer 2008 - A Friendly Farewell
Friends Bulletin - May 2008 - Friends Western School in Pasadena
Friends Bulletin - May 2008 - Editorial: From the Palm Sunday Peace Parade to Peacemaking Among the Redwoods
Friends Bulletin - April 2008 - Editorial: Living Plainly and Giving Abundantly
Friends Bulletin - March 2008 - Editorial: Walking in the Light
Friends Bulletin - January 2008 - The Power of Goodness: Using Literature and the Arts for Peace
Friends Bulletin - January 2008 - Editorial: Color Me Purple: When Graysville Started Quaking
Friends Bulletin - December 2007 - Editorial: American Friends Service Committee: Challenges and Inspiration
Friends Bulletin - November 2007 - Earthlight and the Rebirth of the Quaker Enviromental Movement in California
Friends Bulletin - November 2007 - Editorial: An Experimental Yearly Meeting
Friends Bulletin - October 2007 - Editorial: On clerks and visionaries...
Friends Bulletin - September 2007 - Perhaps the Most Important Trial in the History of Civilization (Play Review)
Friends Bulletin - September 2007 - Editorial: Deepening Our Spiritual Connections
Friends Bulletin - July-August 2007 - Editorial: Committees, Boards, and the Spirit of Service
Friends Bulletin - June 2007 - Editorial: Hollywood, History and Friends
Friends Bulletin - May 2007 - Who is my Neighbor? Interfaith Movement Grows Among Friends
Friends Bulletin - May 2007 - Editorial: Something There is that Loves a Bridge...
Friends Bulletin - April 2007 - Editorial: Discoveries Among Western Friends...
Friends Bulletin - March 2007 - Editorial: Quakerism is Alive and Well in Latin America and here in the Western USA
Friends Bulletin - January-February 2007 - Editorial: A Time of Joy, and A Time to Witness to Our Faith
Friends Bulletin - December 2004 - Editorial: Global Outreach in the Spirit of Friends
Friends Bulletin - November 2004 - Editorial: Speaking the Truth in Love•_É
Friends Bulletin - November 2004 - Continuing Revelation and Shalom•_ÉAn Interview with Zac Moon
Friends Bulletin - October 2004 - Editorial: Journeys Through the Wilderness
Friends Bulletin - September 2004 - Editorial: On Strange Bedfellows-Jewish Women-Watching and the Real Jesus
Friends Bulletin - July-August 2004 - Editorial: Healing-Humor-The Truth That Sets us Free
Friends Bulletin - June 2004 - Wilamette Quarterly Meeting Explores the Problem of Anti-Semitism
Friends Bulletin - May 2004 - Editorial:Tell me a Story•_É
Friends Bulletin - April 2004 - Eyewitness to Occupation of Iraq: What about the Children of Iraq?
Friends Bulletin - April 2004 - Editorial: In Prison Cell and Dungeon Vile•_É
Friends Bulletin - March 2004 - Editorial: Hopeful Signs for Our Future
Friends Bulletin - January 2004 - Editorial: Friends in Far-Flung Places and Here at Home•_É
Friends Bulletin - December 2003 - Editorial: Nurturing the Next Generation of Friends
Friends Bulletin - November 2003 - Journey of a Quaker Activist Mystic
Friends Bulletin - November 2003 - Editorial: Learning How to Listen
Friends Bulletin - October 2003 - Editorial: Antidotes to Despair
Friends Bulletin - September 2003 - Editorial: Finding Our True Home
Friends Bulletin - July-August 2003 - First Among Friendly Women: Interview with Elsa Glines
Friends Bulletin - July-August 2003 - Editorial: It's like heaven with angels and everything
Friends Bulletin - June 2003 - Dancing in the Light: A Quaker Approach to Islam and Other Faiths
Friends Bulletin - June 2003 - From the Editor: Traveling in the Light•_É
Friends Bulletin - May 2003 - From the Editor: Renewing our Peace Testimony in Times of Terrorism
Friends Bulletin - April 2003 - A Quaker Translation of the Tao teh Ching? (Book Review)
Friends Bulletin - April 2003 - From the Editor: Faithful Friends and Faithful Attenders
Friends Bulletin - March 2003 - Ten Ways to Promote Peace
Friends Bulletin - March 2003 - Being a Friendly Presence on the World Wide Web
Friends Bulletin - March 2003 - From the Editor: Hold the Children in the Light!
Friends Bulletin - January 2003 - Lesbian Couple Accused of Torching Own Home in Montana
Friends Bulletin - January 2003 - From the Editor: Overcoming Racism and Becoming True Friends
Friends Bulletin - December 2002 - Books that Matter to Young Friends
Friends Bulletin - December 2002 - From the Editor: Old peace activists don't fade away-they shine more brightly
Friends Bulletin - November 2002 - Friends' Service in the New Millenium
Friends Bulletin - November 2002 - From the Editor: Following the Leadings of the Spirit Together
Friends Bulletin - October 2002 - From the Editor: Be Prepared to Give reasons for the hope within you•_É
Friends Bulletin - September 2002 - From the Editor: Opening Up to the Wider World of Friends and Beyond
Friends Bulletin - June 2002 - An Interview with Rocky Neptun Current Editor of Street Light
Friends Bulletin - June 2002 - From the Editor: Friends Helping Friends Who Are Homeless
Friends Bulletin - May 2002 - From the Editor: The Cult of Violence and Noah's Ark
Friends Bulletin - April 2002 - From the Editor: Being Thankful and Mindful
Friends Bulletin - March 2002 - New Middle East Program Coordinator in Pasadena AFSC Office
Friends Bulletin - March 2002 - From the Editor: Peacemaking in the Mid and Far East
Friends Bulletin - January 2002 - From the Editor
Friends Bulletin - December 2001 - From the Editor: Our Omnibus Issue Reaching out to All: The Light that Enlightens Everyone
Friends Bulletin - November 2001 - From the Editor: Carrying a Torch in the Darkness
Friends Bulletin - October 2001 - Carrying Crosses to Mexico
Friends Bulletin - October 2001 - From the Editor: Keeping Faith in Discouraging Times
Friends Bulletin - September 2001 - From the Editor: Waiting and Resting in the True Silence..
Friends Bulletin - July-August 2001 - From the Editor: Economic Justice and the Business of Our Lives
Friends Bulletin - June 2001 - From the Editor: Building the Western Quaker Community
Friends Bulletin - May 2001 - From the Editor: Letting Our Little Light Shine•_É
Friends Bulletin - April 2001 - From the Editor: Activist Mystics
Friends Bulletin - March 2001 - Peace Pilgrim: A Personal Perspective
Friends Bulletin - March 2001 - From the Editor: Sojourning for Peace
Friends Bulletin - January 2001 - From the Editor
Friends Bulletin - December 2000 - Humane Borders Water Station Project
Friends Bulletin - November 2000 - From the Editor: Praying Globally-Acting Locally
Friends Bulletin - October 2000 - From the Editor: Traveling in the Ministry . . .
Friends Bulletin - September 2000 - From the Editor: Being Present Where You Are
Friends Bulletin - July-August 2000 - From the Editor: Websurfing, Serendipity and the Spirit
Friends Bulletin - June 2000 - From the Editor A Cloud of Witnesses
Friends Bulletin - May 2000 - xxx From the Editor: Friendshp and the Spiritual Life
Friends Bulletin - May 2000 - From the Editor: Friendship and the Spiritual Life
Friends Bulletin - April 2000 - From the Editor: Save the Pinatas and Pass the Chocolate
Friends Bulletin - March 2000 - From the Editor: Re-building a Culture of Quaker Service
Friends Bulletin - January 2000 - From the Editor: Beginning a New Century Among Friends
Friends Bulletin - December 1998 - From the Editor: Ocean of Light and Darkness
Friends Bulletin - November 1998 - From the Editor: The Pains of Growing up a Pacifist
Friends Bulletin - October 1998 - From the Editor: The Extraordinary Ministry of Ordinary People
Friends Bulletin - October 1998 - Friends Protest Aryan Nation Parade
Friends Bulletin - September 1998 - From the Editor: A Gathering Without Borders
Friends Bulletin - July-August 1998 - From the Editor: Sharing Our Light with the World
Friends Bulletin - June 1998 - From the Editor: Ways and Whys of Service
Friends Bulletin - May 1998 - From the Editor: Exploring Our Western Quaker Roots
Friends Bulletin - April 1998 - From the Editor: Peacemaking and the Power of Prayer
Friends Bulletin - March 1998 - From the Editor: Seeking Wisdom-Getting Rid of Clutter
Friends Bulletin - January 1998 - From the Editor: A Time of Renewal
Friends Bulletin - December 1997 - From the Editor: Overcoming the Barriers Separating Friends
Friends Bulletin - November 1997 - From the Editor: Let's Intergenerate
Friends Bulletin - October 1997 - From the Editor: From Aliens to Amigos
Friends Bulletin - September 1997 - Family Resemblances and Differences
Friends Bulletin - July-August 1997 - From the Editor: Weighty Friends and Holy Fools
Friends Bulletin - June 1997 - From the Editor: Being Simple Ain't Always Easy
Friends Bulletin - May 1997 - From the Editor: Signing Away Your Soul on the Bottom Line...
Friends Bulletin - April 1997 - From the Editor
Friends Bulletin - March 1997 - From the Editor
Friends Bulletin - January 1997 - From the Editor
Friends Bulletin - December 1996 - From the Editor: Let's Lighten up, Friends!
Friends Bulletin - November 1996 - From the Editor
Friends Bulletin - September 1996 - Does One Come Prepared for Meeting for Worship?
Friends Bulletin - May 1996 - AFSC-SCQM Youth Service Project
Friends Bulletin - April 1996 - Growing Together in the Spirit: AFSC-SCQMYouth Service Project
Friends Bulletin - July-August 1994 - Walking Cheerfully: The New Spirit in Southern California Quarterly Meeting
Friends Bulletin - June 1994 - How Quakers can Regain Their Youth
Friends Bulletin - November 1993 - The Hyperactivist's Lament (Poem)
Friends Bulletin - May 1993 - Peacemaking in the Middle East and in Our Own Backyard: An Interview with Sis Levin Middle East Peace Activist
Friends Bulletin - April 1993 - A New Vision for Southern California Friends
Friends Bulletin - January 1992 - How Friends are Helping the Russians
Friends Bulletin - May 1990 - The Stones Cry Out: Reflections on the Nevada Desert Experience
Friends Bulletin - July-August 1989 - East Meets West: The Human Experience
Friends Bulletin - March 2006 - "Season for Nonviolence" Vigil
Friends Bulletin - March 2006 - Editorial
Friends Bulletin - April 2005 - Understanding Islam Workshop at Palo Alto Meeting, A Big Success
Friends Bulletin - March 2005 - Interfaith Community Supports Muslim Detainees
Friends Bulletin - January 2005 - Profiles in Peacemaking
Friends Bulletin - January 2005 - The Slaughter of Innocents
Friends Bulletin - November 1999 - AFSC Youth Fieldtrip to Friends Committee on Legislation
Friends Bulletin - June 1999 - Does Friends Bulletin Make You Sick?
Western Friend - November 2009 - Live Your Life as if Everything that Happens is Something You Prayed For
Friends Bulletin - September 2006 - Interfaith Peacemaking and the Legacy of Tom Fox
Western Friend - December 2010 - At an Art Gallery in Bergamot Station (poem)
Western Friend - November 2010 - Ending Torture: A Report from the Quaker Initiative to End Torture (QUIT) Conference
Western Friend - July/August 2010 - Traveling in the Ministry: In the Spirit of John Woolman

Anthony Manousos

Articles

Organize

Quakers: The Quiet Revolutionaries (review)

Thanks to a Friend of Moscow

Thoughts from a Loving Gadfly

Racism, Housing, and Cities

“Amost Right” is Not “Right”

Celebration of Garbage (corrected)

The Airtight Cage of Poverty

Importance of Quaker History

Celebration of Garbage

Reflections with God and Alphabet Prayer (reviews)

Surmounting Limits in Quakerism

Time, History and the Eternal Now

Building Bridges Among Friends

Gun Buy-Back

Grateful for Yearly Meeting Action

Archive Articles

Library items

A Few Reflections

Quakers on Quaker History (conversation notes)

George Fox and Prophetic Awakening

The Importance of Quaker History

Anthony Manousos

Contact Information

Articles

Archive Articles

Library items