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Let Love Be Our Guide
At my house, we’re coming to the end of a long season of college application essays and other tasks related…
9/11/02: A day of Remembrance?
The commemorative events on the first anniversary of 9/11 make it seem likely that that date will evolve into another…
History as Usual?
The world will never be the same again!" Since September 11, 2001, we have heard and read this dozens of…
Visit to Vietnam
On December 11, 1964, Martin Luther King Jr. spoke these words: "Nonviolence is the answer to the crucial political and…
Prayers and Protests
Talking to God was an everyday affair when I was growing up. We said a blessing before meals, had Bible…
Forgiveness: A Personal Journey
1983: Searing hurt and anger. As demanded by my new stepmother, my father has just kicked me out. The new…
Why Quakers Should Learn to Apologize
Forgiveness is popular. Like mercy, "It blesseth him that gives and him that takes" (Portia, in William Shakespeare’s The Merchant…
Sally's Care Committee
The punch line of a very long joke left us groaning: "transporting young gulls over sedated lions for immortal porpoises."…
The Ministry of the Comfort Quilt
Growing up in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, I was surrounded by beautiful quilts mostly made by Amish and Mennonites. My grandmother…
Threads in the Quaker Fabric
Cotton: The everyday Friend on working committees. The lifestyle is earthy, simple, and enduring. Polyester: This Friend is uncomfortable in…
A Different Kind of Force
When one cares deeply about something or someone it is impossible to sit passively and let that thing or person…
Eldering and Listening
Reading Friends Journal has become a fruitful habit. I find it timely, relevant, and frequently speaking directly to me. In…
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Exploring Isaac Penington: Seventeenth-Century Quaker Mystic, Teacher and Activist
April 1, 2024
Wealth Supremacy: How the Extractive Economy and the Biased Rules of Capitalism Drive Today’s Crises
April 1, 2024
Radical Acts of Justice: How Ordinary People Are Dismantling Mass Incarceration
April 1, 2024