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An Inspiring Issue
When we editors decided upon the theme for this issue, "What Are Friends Called to Today?," I had a feeling…
How can we work more for peace than for war?
Wars and preparations for war are very expensive. It is estimated that the direct costs to the U.S. of the…
''What are Friends Called to Today?
Go deep. Go deep, dear Friends. Touch the bedrock. Find the Source from which springs your own true, deep calling.…
The Temptation to Do Something: A Quietist Perspective
Many people think that Quietists were people who liked quiet, and that the Quietist period in Quaker history was so…
Conversations from the Heartland
A few years ago, I surprised myself and some friends—I sent out an e-mail to my homeschooling buddies, almost entirely…
Friendly Vocations
What does it mean to live vocationally? Living out of a sense of calling is radically different from other motivations.…
Friends: A Broken, Tender People?
To be led by God is to be free of the hold of fear. Fear may or may not be…
A Convergence of Friends
This spring I hosted an unusual dinner party: nine Quakers from Ohio, Oregon, and California, gathered for fellowship, dialogue, and…
The World Is Hungry for What We’ve Tasted
Friends today are called to the same radical work that has always driven us: to step back from the world…
Deep, Tall, and Wide
I’ve just arrived at the old stone house next to Amish fields where I spend the summers writing. One of…
The Need for Radical Acceptance
I’m a 26-year-old African American Quaker. There are parts of my life that seem typical to the lives of young…
Living Our Convictions
Faithfulness The first call is to God, to faithfulness. Out of faithfulness rises the call to live in peace. 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