24. Jon Watts - Keynote from 2023 IMYM Annual Gathering

This episode features the keynote address by Jon Watts given at the 2023 IMYM annual gathering on the theme of “Becoming the Quakers the world needs today.” 

Jon is a Quaker media creator and spiritual entrepreneur, and a member of the Central Philadelphia Monthly Meeting. He founded the QuakerSpeak project as well as a NEW podcast called Thee Quaker. 

Below you can find links to the projects he references in today’s episode:

• Dance Party Erupts During Quaker Meeting for Worship
• How Does Culture Influence Quaker Worship?
• Thee Quaker Podcast
  • Quakers and The Internet
  • George Fox and the Birth of Quakerism
  • Quaker Meeting for Worship
• Why I Blockaded 40,000 Tons of Coal with a Lobster Boat

Don’t forget, you can find all previous episodes in the archives wherever you listen, and new episodes are released the first Saturday of each month. Thank you for tuning in!

Chapters

• 0:00 Introduction
• 1:30 Jon's start in media production
• 3:23 Quakers to in the era of social media
• 4:52 Jon's personal history
• 6:42 Different branches of Friends
• 8:38 Jon learns Quaker history
• 13:55 Jon's idea for Quaker Speak
• 15:40 Quaker Speak episode about Jay O'Hara
• 18:41 The wide reach of Quaker Speak
• 20:17 Jon's journey after Quaker Speak
• 21:48 Parallels between 1600s and today
• 27:10 Opportunity for Friends today