Peterson Toscano
@petersontoscano.bsky.social
A Quirky Queer Quaker. Hosting Quakers Today & Bubble&Squeak podcasts. Ask me about gender non-conforming Bible characters. 🇿🇦&🇺🇸
www.petersontoscano.com
www.petersontoscano.com
Have you sat in silent worship and had your mind spin out of control? I can totally relate. Centering is not always peaceful; sticking with it has enriched me. Listen to Quakers Today podcast as we demystify the internal experience of "waiting worship."
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@friendsjournal.org
www.quakerstoday.org
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November 25, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Have you sat in silent worship and had your mind spin out of control? I can totally relate. Centering is not always peaceful; sticking with it has enriched me. Listen to Quakers Today podcast as we demystify the internal experience of "waiting worship."
www.quakerstoday.org
@friendsjournal.org
www.quakerstoday.org
@friendsjournal.org
Surendra Tamang was diagnosed with chronic kidney disease while doing construction in Qatar. He spent 6 years toiling in temps as high as 122 degrees Fahrenheit. Today, he spends 12 hours a week in the clinic for his dialysis treatment. “I would like to work,” he said, “but it’s not possible.”
November 25, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Surendra Tamang was diagnosed with chronic kidney disease while doing construction in Qatar. He spent 6 years toiling in temps as high as 122 degrees Fahrenheit. Today, he spends 12 hours a week in the clinic for his dialysis treatment. “I would like to work,” he said, “but it’s not possible.”
"Using a working definition of love that tells us it is the action we take on behalf of our own or another's spiritual growth provides us with a beginning blueprint for working on the issue of self-love."
--bell hooks
--bell hooks
November 21, 2025 at 11:00 AM
"Using a working definition of love that tells us it is the action we take on behalf of our own or another's spiritual growth provides us with a beginning blueprint for working on the issue of self-love."
--bell hooks
--bell hooks
Gumby as a Quaker icon? Hear us out.
Curiosity + kindness + imaginative compassion = a surprisingly perfect combo.
Catch this short clip from “Quakers and the Mystery of Worship.”
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November 19, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Gumby as a Quaker icon? Hear us out.
Curiosity + kindness + imaginative compassion = a surprisingly perfect combo.
Catch this short clip from “Quakers and the Mystery of Worship.”
www.friendsjournal.org/podcast/quak... @friendsjournal.org
"But the history of holding donors to account for the $100-billion is a disappointing one. It was raised at these podiums many times, by many leaders. And we are forced to find more creative ways to make our point. So let me try this."
November 10, 2025 at 11:41 PM
"But the history of holding donors to account for the $100-billion is a disappointing one. It was raised at these podiums many times, by many leaders. And we are forced to find more creative ways to make our point. So let me try this."
I say Friends need to take Biblical matters into their own hands and design their own specialty Bibles.
November 6, 2025 at 4:04 PM
I say Friends need to take Biblical matters into their own hands and design their own specialty Bibles.
One of the most extraordinary Bible stories that most people never hear. A surgically-altered, gender-variant hero organizes a brilliant campaign to rescue an imprisoned prophet.
See more on YouTube: youtu.be/-XXHAy7-J44?... #bible #queertheology #eunuchs
See more on YouTube: youtu.be/-XXHAy7-J44?... #bible #queertheology #eunuchs
November 3, 2025 at 12:12 PM
One of the most extraordinary Bible stories that most people never hear. A surgically-altered, gender-variant hero organizes a brilliant campaign to rescue an imprisoned prophet.
See more on YouTube: youtu.be/-XXHAy7-J44?... #bible #queertheology #eunuchs
See more on YouTube: youtu.be/-XXHAy7-J44?... #bible #queertheology #eunuchs
When your spiritual home doesn't feel like a place you can breathe. Curtis Spence explores BIPOC affinity spaces within North American Quaker communities.
Quakers Today Podcast @friendsjournal.org
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#Quaker #AffinitySpace #DecolonizeFaith
Quakers Today Podcast @friendsjournal.org
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#Quaker #AffinitySpace #DecolonizeFaith
October 31, 2025 at 10:37 AM
When your spiritual home doesn't feel like a place you can breathe. Curtis Spence explores BIPOC affinity spaces within North American Quaker communities.
Quakers Today Podcast @friendsjournal.org
www.friendsjournal.org/podcast/quak...
#Quaker #AffinitySpace #DecolonizeFaith
Quakers Today Podcast @friendsjournal.org
www.friendsjournal.org/podcast/quak...
#Quaker #AffinitySpace #DecolonizeFaith
Quaker author and activist Eileen Flanagan talks about activism and how Quaker Meetings help us in overcoming fear.
Hear or watch Quakers Today podcast: www.friendsjournal.org/podcast/quak...
@eileenflanagan.bsky.social @friendsjournal.org
Hear or watch Quakers Today podcast: www.friendsjournal.org/podcast/quak...
@eileenflanagan.bsky.social @friendsjournal.org
October 20, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Quaker author and activist Eileen Flanagan talks about activism and how Quaker Meetings help us in overcoming fear.
Hear or watch Quakers Today podcast: www.friendsjournal.org/podcast/quak...
@eileenflanagan.bsky.social @friendsjournal.org
Hear or watch Quakers Today podcast: www.friendsjournal.org/podcast/quak...
@eileenflanagan.bsky.social @friendsjournal.org
What is "polite white supremacy"? Vanessa Julye explains it as the subtle, ever-present demand for BIPOC Friends to prioritize white comfort over their own authenticity. It's being told you're "too angry" when you talk about racism. #QuakersToday #PWS www.friendsjournal.org/podcast/quak... #podcast
October 15, 2025 at 11:22 PM
What is "polite white supremacy"? Vanessa Julye explains it as the subtle, ever-present demand for BIPOC Friends to prioritize white comfort over their own authenticity. It's being told you're "too angry" when you talk about racism. #QuakersToday #PWS www.friendsjournal.org/podcast/quak... #podcast
The Supreme Court is hearing arguments about a conversion therapy ban. I know firsthand how dangerous conversion practices are.
#chilesvssalazar #scotus
#chilesvssalazar #scotus
October 7, 2025 at 12:41 PM
The Supreme Court is hearing arguments about a conversion therapy ban. I know firsthand how dangerous conversion practices are.
#chilesvssalazar #scotus
#chilesvssalazar #scotus
If Jesus had Pinterest...
October 2, 2025 at 5:30 PM
If Jesus had Pinterest...
On the politics of greed:
"They exemplify the greedy mindset that threatens to consume our capacity to love and with it our capacity to sacrifice on behalf of who we love."
-bell hooks
"They exemplify the greedy mindset that threatens to consume our capacity to love and with it our capacity to sacrifice on behalf of who we love."
-bell hooks
September 28, 2025 at 11:57 AM
On the politics of greed:
"They exemplify the greedy mindset that threatens to consume our capacity to love and with it our capacity to sacrifice on behalf of who we love."
-bell hooks
"They exemplify the greedy mindset that threatens to consume our capacity to love and with it our capacity to sacrifice on behalf of who we love."
-bell hooks
"Greed has a way of severing the cords of compassion."
-bell hooks
-bell hooks
September 28, 2025 at 11:57 AM
"Greed has a way of severing the cords of compassion."
-bell hooks
-bell hooks
"Greed is rightly considered a 'deadly sin' because it erodes the moral values that encourage us to care for the common good. Greed violates the spirit of connectedness and community that is natural to human survival."
-bell hooks
-bell hooks
September 28, 2025 at 11:57 AM
"Greed is rightly considered a 'deadly sin' because it erodes the moral values that encourage us to care for the common good. Greed violates the spirit of connectedness and community that is natural to human survival."
-bell hooks
-bell hooks
"When greedy consumption is the order of the day, dehumanization becomes acceptable. Then treating people like objects is not only acceptable, but is required behavior."
-bell hooks
-bell hooks
September 28, 2025 at 11:57 AM
"When greedy consumption is the order of the day, dehumanization becomes acceptable. Then treating people like objects is not only acceptable, but is required behavior."
-bell hooks
-bell hooks
"The backlash against welfare in America today is not really a backlash against welfare abuse, so much as it is a backlash against compassion in the public sphere."
-bell hooks
-bell hooks
September 28, 2025 at 11:57 AM
"The backlash against welfare in America today is not really a backlash against welfare abuse, so much as it is a backlash against compassion in the public sphere."
-bell hooks
-bell hooks
Big podcast day! Two premieres.
Season Six of The Seed Conversations for Radical Hope, a @pendlehillusa.bsky.social podcast.
NEW SHOW! Stories That Stay, a project of Lion's Story. Ep 1: Love, Protection, and the Weight of Racial Stress with Lisa Nelson-Haynes
Wherever you get podcasts
Season Six of The Seed Conversations for Radical Hope, a @pendlehillusa.bsky.social podcast.
NEW SHOW! Stories That Stay, a project of Lion's Story. Ep 1: Love, Protection, and the Weight of Racial Stress with Lisa Nelson-Haynes
Wherever you get podcasts
September 26, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Big podcast day! Two premieres.
Season Six of The Seed Conversations for Radical Hope, a @pendlehillusa.bsky.social podcast.
NEW SHOW! Stories That Stay, a project of Lion's Story. Ep 1: Love, Protection, and the Weight of Racial Stress with Lisa Nelson-Haynes
Wherever you get podcasts
Season Six of The Seed Conversations for Radical Hope, a @pendlehillusa.bsky.social podcast.
NEW SHOW! Stories That Stay, a project of Lion's Story. Ep 1: Love, Protection, and the Weight of Racial Stress with Lisa Nelson-Haynes
Wherever you get podcasts
Why food justice matters: its race, class, culture, health, land, and climate all in one bite. Derek Weston brings the truth. Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/2mF8...
@derricklweston.bsky.social
@derricklweston.bsky.social
September 25, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Why food justice matters: its race, class, culture, health, land, and climate all in one bite. Derek Weston brings the truth. Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/2mF8...
@derricklweston.bsky.social
@derricklweston.bsky.social
Kitchen stoves shouldn't poison us. But they do. Joelle Novey explains why—and how joy, chocolate fondue, and Flintstones cosplay fuel the fight. Full ep: open.spotify.com/episode/2mF8...
@ipldmv.bsky.social
@ipldmv.bsky.social
September 25, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Kitchen stoves shouldn't poison us. But they do. Joelle Novey explains why—and how joy, chocolate fondue, and Flintstones cosplay fuel the fight. Full ep: open.spotify.com/episode/2mF8...
@ipldmv.bsky.social
@ipldmv.bsky.social
I'll get to hang out with some New England Friends!
10/12/2025 1:30 pm
Wilton Quaker Meetinghouse,
317 New Canaan Rd. Wilton, CT
10/12/2025 1:30 pm
Wilton Quaker Meetinghouse,
317 New Canaan Rd. Wilton, CT
September 24, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I'll get to hang out with some New England Friends!
10/12/2025 1:30 pm
Wilton Quaker Meetinghouse,
317 New Canaan Rd. Wilton, CT
10/12/2025 1:30 pm
Wilton Quaker Meetinghouse,
317 New Canaan Rd. Wilton, CT
Save the Americans! 🦅🇺🇸 A new charity from the people of South Africa. 🇿🇦🦖
#kakpraat
@dailymaverick.co.za
See more on TikTok 😜 www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMJFx9f1/
#kakpraat
@dailymaverick.co.za
See more on TikTok 😜 www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMJFx9f1/
September 17, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Save the Americans! 🦅🇺🇸 A new charity from the people of South Africa. 🇿🇦🦖
#kakpraat
@dailymaverick.co.za
See more on TikTok 😜 www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMJFx9f1/
#kakpraat
@dailymaverick.co.za
See more on TikTok 😜 www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMJFx9f1/
We're gathering stories for our next podcast episode. Here's the question we're pondering: How has being rooted in a small group changed the way you share your voice in bigger settings? What's your experience been? We'd love to hear it. Call 317-QUAKERS to leave a message.
@friendsjournal.org
@friendsjournal.org
September 17, 2025 at 11:40 AM
We're gathering stories for our next podcast episode. Here's the question we're pondering: How has being rooted in a small group changed the way you share your voice in bigger settings? What's your experience been? We'd love to hear it. Call 317-QUAKERS to leave a message.
@friendsjournal.org
@friendsjournal.org
Season Five premieres Tuesday, September 16, 2025. Quakers and Action: How Do We Balance Peace and Protest?
Now with 100% more video!
Quakers Today is available wherever you get podcasts or at quakerstoday.org @friendsjournal.org
Now with 100% more video!
Quakers Today is available wherever you get podcasts or at quakerstoday.org @friendsjournal.org
September 8, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Season Five premieres Tuesday, September 16, 2025. Quakers and Action: How Do We Balance Peace and Protest?
Now with 100% more video!
Quakers Today is available wherever you get podcasts or at quakerstoday.org @friendsjournal.org
Now with 100% more video!
Quakers Today is available wherever you get podcasts or at quakerstoday.org @friendsjournal.org
Some bee 🐝 love for you.
September 4, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Some bee 🐝 love for you.