13. Keynote and Conversation with Carl Magruder

Today's episode features both a keynote and conversation with Carl Magruder. Carl is a palliative care chaplin, M.A. in Divinity, and a member of the Strawberry Creek Monthly Meeting. He opens with a beautiful song that leads into his Keynote address, presented at the 2022 North Pacific Yearly Meeting, the first since the Covid-19 pandemic. Following the keynote, you will hear a joyful conversation between Mr. Magruder and Soul Force Ones host Jon Stoll.

You can find links below to:
- Carl Magruder's own podcast Soulways .
- The home page for the Western Friend Podcast.
- The home page for the Soul Force Ones.

Chapters

• 0:00 Introduction
• 1:04 Opening song by Carl Magruder
• 3:27 Carl's self-introduction
• 5:35 Optimysticism defined
• 7:51 Carl's thanks to his supportive community
• 10:00 Grounds for despair
• 17:22 Grief: the beginning of the road to hope
• 21:58 Friends in audience name what they grieve
• 26:38 Grief and systems thinking
• 35:47 The Great Unraveling: Apocalypse
• 44:26 Wise hope during "The Crumbles"
• 1:00:38 Agency and activism
• 1:05:40 Optimysticism and Quakers
• 1:20:30 Transition from keynote to follow-up interview
• 1:20:58 Transformation of the Religious Society of Friends
• 1:25:54 The vital Quaker message
• 1:27:57 The glass cliff
• 1:31:23 Problems with Quaker education, solutions
• 1:36:05 Quakers' revolutionary view of children
• 1:39:36 Outreach, proselytizing, faith traditions
• 1:49:30 Spiritual wounds and strength
• 1:54:15 Quaker peace-building
• 1:57:50 Outro