A Change and an Award

When my Friends Journal arrives these days, I greet it with a new sense of awe. After just over a… Liz Yeats

Heifers and Pencils

I just read an article in Christian Science Monitor entitled "Help for Uganda’s Farmers: A Heifer to Start a Family"… Kevin Coleman Joyce

Ecological Integrity and Religious Faith

There is a growing recognition that the state of Earth’s ecological integrity is not just one more concern to be… Keith Helmuth

Serving God and Caesar

A letter to a Friend about 21 years in the Foreign Service Dear Nick, I joined the Foreign Service 21… Rob Callard

No Creed Is Not the Same as No Theology

A Short Course on the Theology of Friends It has long interested me that members of unprogrammed meetings of the… Robert Griswold

Protest Walk Gone Awry

It was a hot, early fall afternoon, and we had stopped near the U.S./Canadian border to get gas and refresh… Joy Belle Conrad-Rice

An Open and Affirming Community

Sixty-two of us gathered in prayerful silence. This was the culmination of our searching, of seven long years of workshops… Nancy Haines

Traveling in the Ministry – But Not on Horseback

It’s the 21st century, and we Quakers are still doing it, traveling in pairs great distances to nurture small and… Mary Waddington

Succession to the Clerkship

I am learning to clerk. Meetings give their clerks the power and authority necessary to function. This is something we… Lucinda Atrim

Reading Minutes Aloud

A characteristic practice at meetings for business of Friends General Conference’s Central Committee is reading the minutes out loud to… Judy Purvis

Book Reviews

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The Quaker Faith: Friends of Love and Truth

June 1, 2026

Is Peace Possible?

June 1, 2026

Turning Toward the Victim: The Bible, Sacred Violence, and the End of Scapegoating in Quaker Perspective

June 1, 2026