Monthly Archives: March 2014

Sunday Forum

March 30th, Mike Brenner: A New Look at the Human Tragedy

On Sunday, March 30th, at 10:00, Mike Brenner will lead a discussion that focuses on tales from ancient Mesopotamia as ways to understand the sources of self destruction in our human condition.

Mike has been attending Old Haverford Meeting for several months. He has no prior Quaker affiliation. Trained and fully credentialed in Architecture, Medicine and Psychiatry, Mike works privately with people in an educational model, with a spiritual orientation.

Mike is writing a book, “Once Upon a Time. . .Using Our Oldest Tales to Free Ourselves” which re-tells ancient stories from Mesopotamia, not as pure myth, but as essentially factual accounts in poetic language. The stories, according to Mike, illuminate the source of all the means of self-destruction we engage in …and a possible way out of the tragic human condition.

Come and learn more about Mike’s explorations and discoveries in this fascinating forum.

Sunday Forum

“The Last Runaway,” Book Club Forum April 6th

On Sunday, April 6th at 10:00, members of Old Haverford Meeting’s Worship and Ministry Committee will lead a discussion of Trace Chevalier’s “The Last Runaway.”

Honor Bright, the main character, is a Quaker who leaves England for America. She lands in Ohio in 1850 and inadvertently gets involved with the Underground Railroad. It is a story about faith, love, family, friendship, conviction, and forging one’s individual path, often independently from family and community.

Please read the book so you can join the discussion. If you don’t want to buy it you may be able to get it from the library, or there will be a few copies available in the Meetinghouse to sign out. Ask Jana Llewellyn at

    janallewellyn [at] yahoo.com

for more details.

See you on April 6th at 10:00 at Old Haverford Friend Meeting. Forum will be followed by Meeting for Worship at 11:00.