Seeking Common Ground

Four years ago, when the new millennium began, our future seemed challenging but also promising. In 2001, the events of… Susan Corson-Finnerty

Building Community under Fire

To understand the Friendly testimonies, including equality, simplicity, and community, it is important to get to know some of the… Friends Journal contributor

Making Peace: Telling Truth

From 1959, as a graduate student teaching my first classes, until 2002, when I taught my last classes at Earlham,… Paul A. Lacey

See No Evil

Before I tell you that I don’t see anything to be gained using the word "evil" to describe any part… Donna Glee Williams

With Malice toward None, Charity toward All

For a while after Jack Powelson’s article entitled "Why I am Leaving Quakers" (FJ April 2002) came out, a number… Anna Poplawska

For Where Your Treasure Is, There Will Your Heart Be Also

Do not lay up for yourselves treasures upon Earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and… Kat Griffith

Intersecting Circles

A number of years ago, while teaching at Harvard Divinity School, Henry Cadbury encountered a distraught former student who had… George A. Crispin

The Benches of Cobscook (Maine) Meeting

There are five antique Quaker benches at Cobscook (Maine) Meeting. At this point they are in various stages of disrepair.… Audrey Snyder

Epiphany

Now that the seasonal Epiphany is behind us for another calendar year, it is interesting to think of the meaning… Claire Gerber

Sardines: A Meditation on Latecomers

My favorite variation of hide-and-seek, learned in one of the many towns I lived in as a child, was called… Sue Tannehill

To the Desk Clerk Out There – Thank You

My first two years at college in the early 1970s were more like Apollo 13 than Apollo 11: I realized… John Bryer

Peacemaking: Public and Private

In addressing this topic, I turn to the theme of a workshop/retreat with Bennington (Vt.) Meeting in August 2002, as… Michael True

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