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Finding Jesus in the Present
Reflecting on earlier periods of history, I often think I would have preferred to live as a farmer during the…
A Friend’s Testimony on Domestic Violence?
We are called upon to love the loveless and the unlovable, to reach out to the racists and the torturers,…
Time to Lay Down William Penn’s Sword
The story of William Penn and his sword is deeply embedded in Quaker mythology; so deeply, it seems, that it…
Jesus as a Friend
Many members of the Religious Society of Friends love the ambiguity of the term friend as it shifts between companion…
A Report from a Parallel Universe
"Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but the means by which we arrive at that goal."…
A Statement of Christian Pacifism
I am a Christian, and therefore I am a pacifist. For the first 300 years following the resurrection of Jesus,…
Discovering the Sacraments
As Friends, we say that we do not observe outward sacraments be-cause all of life is sacramental. Recently, I felt…
The House of Lamps
The One True Light The lamps are different, but the Light is the same; it comes from Beyond. If thou…
Reaching out to Prisoners
To introduce the Quaker Spiritual Friends program of the Advancement and Outreach Committee of Friends General Conference to the larger…
Callings
While I have only spoken out of the silence once, I have felt urges to speak in other parts of…
James Nayler: The Lessons of Discernment
Friends encounter James Nayler mostly as an object lesson. They tend to know that he was an important early leader,…
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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