Joshua James PonterTexas and Louisiana: Travels with JoshSo, I have been in Texas for a while now (it turns out it’s a big state). I have been trying to write this entry for just as long. I’ve…Aug 20, 2019Aug 20, 2019
Joshua James PonterThe Stories We Need to Hear: Travels with JoshAt special request by Ken Park and the Travel and Witness Granting Committee, which provided the funds for this adventure.Aug 20, 2019Aug 20, 2019
Joshua James PonterFairhope: Travels with JoshFairhope is a small town that sits directly across the bay from Mobile, Alabama. It is there I discovered a friendly group of Quakers in a…Aug 20, 2019Aug 20, 2019
Joshua James PonterTallahassee: Travels with JoshTallahassee Monthly Meeting was a very quaint, smallish group (at least compared to my last stop). There were about 20 individuals in…Aug 20, 2019Aug 20, 2019
Joshua James PonterWhat does being a Quaker mean to you? Travels with JoshIt has been my experience that plans rarely work out the way I plan them. Even when they do it never feels the way I expected when the…Aug 20, 2019Aug 20, 2019
Joshua James PonterChange: Travels with JoshAs a people, can we change? As a person, have I changed? These are the questions that occupy my mind as a trudge, gathering oysters…Aug 20, 2019Aug 20, 2019
Joshua James PonterMy next stop was in the historic town of Wilmington, North Carolina.I was able to visit the small meeting house in Wilmington for Sunday worship. It is a newer building that had once been a home to various…Jan 10, 2019Jan 10, 2019
Joshua James PonterIt seems our mother nature does not take my plans into account when she comes up with plans of her…The house at which I ended up staying was owned by a lovely, warm, and welcoming family. It was also right down the street from First…Jan 10, 2019Jan 10, 2019
Joshua James PonterI have found the best measure of time on the road is by the unit of miles.I ended up arriving during the last 15 or so minutes of their meeting for business and as to not interrupt I took myself for a tour around…Dec 17, 2018Dec 17, 2018
Joshua James PonterMy next stop in Maryland was the meeting house in downtown Fredrick.Dec 13, 2018Dec 13, 2018
