36. Barry Crossno’s keynote from Intermountain Yearly Meeting: "The Water We Swim In"

This episode of the Western Friend podcast features the keynote address, given by Barry Crossno, General Secretary of Friends General Conference, at Intermountain Yearly Meeting on June 14, 2024. In his address, Barry discusses several challenges facing many monthly meetings, and some of the potential solutions that could help moving forward. He shares about his own journey to Quakerism, on matching the value system of today’s youth, surrendering to what the future holds, and much more. 

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Chapters

• 0:00 Introduction
• 1:44 A story of “surrender"
• 7:45 On surrendering to what the future holds
• 9:12 Current challenges facing modern Quakerism
• 11:15 Presentation: The Water We Swim In
• 26:48 Matching the value system of today’s youth
• 31:20 Barry’s story of coming to Quakerism
• 33:59 On "the meeting experience” and current needs
• 43:02 The Next Good Step
• 48:28 Outro