Maeve Sutherland

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Maeve Sutherland

Maeve Sutherland is a communications professional who never recovered from her wonderful childhood at a Quaker elementary school. She has spent her career helping nonprofits share their stories, from schools and universities, to museums, to radio stations. As a Thomas J. Watson Fellow, Maeve spent a year living in “Peaceable Kingdoms,” pacifist intentional communities around the world, where she learned that everyone has a role to play in shaping a better world. She worked as a freelance social media manager before joining Thee Quaker Project.

After returning to Quakerism as a young adult, Maeve now attends Chestnut Hill Friends Meeting in Philadelphia.

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Darkness is afraid of the light

"For the first time, our monthly theme was based on one quote: 'Truth will not lose ground by being tried.' Isaac Penington wrote these words in a letter to a friend... Read more.

Why you deserve rest

"I hope you have had a season full of warmth and light in the northern hemisphere’s darkest month of the year. The holidays have the potential to bring joy, togetherness,... Read more.

Expanding our capacity for gratitude

"For those of you who celebrate Thanksgiving, I hope you had a happy one! The Daily Quaker Message spent the last month exploring the theme of Gratitude. In early... Read more.

What Quakers Believe

"We began this month reading theologians’ interpretations of this quote and of the Scripture from which it is thought to be derived. Along the way we learned more... Read more.

What undergirds Quaker worship

"Underlying and undergirding the unprogrammed worship of Friends is prayer; the prayerful corporate waiting which takes place in any meeting when it has centered... Read more.

Let Your Life Breathe

"Our lives are busy and chaotic and full, but our goals can be simple: make time for the work Spirit has given us and make time for each other. For me, and I suspect... Read more.

Nonviolent Activism Is a Practical Way of Resisting Oppression

"We started the month looking at the historical context of the peace testimony in Quakerism, with writings from George Fox and Margaret Fell, which ran strongly... Read more.

Centering the Voices Our Government Is Trying to Silence

"The rights and safety of women and people with marginalized gender identities in the United States are in a precarious place. Women’s right to bodily autonomy... Read more.

What to Do When Everything’s Not Going to Be Alright

"With the change of leadership here in the US, many people are scared. They are facing threats to their security, their health, and their freedom and looking toward... Read more.

Can “Indoorsy” People Get Spiritual Nourishment from Nature?

"I realized that being in nature does give me spiritual nurture, even if I don’t seek it out all the time. Seeing myself as a tiny part of a whole earth community... Read more.

I Was Jealous that Spirit Had Never Spoken to Me

"A few years ago I joined a spiritual friendship group at my meeting because I was curious about others’ spiritual lives and looking for inspiration for my own.... Read more.

Nurturing the Light in Each Other

"In my selections this month I tried to capture the holiness and messiness that closeness brings. We read about the power of spiritual friendships, and how friendship... Read more.

Why I Stopped Saying the Pledge of Allegiance

"When I left a Quaker elementary school for a public middle school as a kid, I was surprised and confused by the mandatory morning pledge of allegiance to the American... Read more.

We Are Not Tasked with Fixing the Whole World Alone

"Thank you for exploring the relationship between faith and action with me this month, and for your wonderful query responses. As someone who leans contemplative,... Read more.

A Letter from the Editor

Although I collected messages for this week without a theme in mind, the topic of peace kept bubbling up, perhaps because the war in Gaza has been on my heart. Monday’s... Read more.