Praying for Peace

The holidays are upon us, bringing with them the consideration of how to simplify the way we celebrate the birth… Susan Corson-Finnerty

What Are the Actual Costs of War?

Friends should discuss their differences regarding our Peace Testimony. Yet recent debates in Friends Journal sometimes seem to be a… Marilyn Dell Brady

Why Simple Living Is Not Enough

It is common practice in addressing the ecological crisis from a religious perspective to present wasteful consumerism as the crux… Keith Helmuth

What Are We to Do about Our Leaders?

I’m grateful to my monthly meeting that since the beginning of the ’90s it has supported my ministry of religious… George R. Lakey

Listening Lessons

Only lunatics hear the voice of God—and saints (who don’t live around here anyway). This I knew to be true… Paul Buckley

What is Worship?

Meeting for worship is the heart and center of a Quaker meeting and of being Quaker, but what do Quakers… Marti Matthews

Singing among FGC Friends

Quaker disciplines in the mid-19th century criticized instrumental and choral music as frivolous, "worldly" recreation that led Friends away from… Peter Blood-Patterson

The Friendly Gangstaz Committee

Ladies and Gentlemen, brothers and sisters, Quakaz and Gangstaz: You are witnessing a revolution in the Religious Society of Friends.… Asa Fager

You Are My Sunshine

You Are My Sunshine"—we belt it out every Thursday evening, along with "The Sidewalks of New York," "A Bicycle Built… Yvonne Boeger

The Coffee Crisis and Fair Trade

As economic globalization has accelerated in recent years, and its negative impacts have become more apparent, Friends have been called… Erbin Crowell

Knitting in Gratitude

My recent prayers have been colorful and, frankly, rather woolly. They are relatively quiet, except for the clickety clack of… Lisa Rand

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