Thinking About Women

The New Year has barely begun as I sit to write this column. I am still flush with the blessings… Susan Corson-Finnerty

A Perspective on the Quaker Sweat Lodge

I am responding to Chuck Fager’s recent letter on Friends General Conference and the Quaker Sweat Lodge ("Finding a Way… Bruce Birchard

On Sexism as a Spiritual Disaster

I have been a feminist for 35 years. It has been, in effect, my religion. For me, feminism is a… Judith Fetterley

Remembering Patricia

I met her at work, answered when she called our hotline and, later that day, welcomed her at our shelter… Janeal Ravndal

Whose DNA Is It Anyway?

What if your girlfriend asked you to take a DNA test before you got engaged? Or your employer wanted a… Margery Post Abbott

The Aspirations of Andean Quakers

Yes, there are Quakers in the Andes—lots of them. And, yes, they have aspirations. Working with them, as a Quaker… Newton Garver

On the Significance of Benches

In the final worship at a recent session of Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative), I found myself reflecting on the keynote… Liz Oppenheimer

The Wandering Leadings of the Spirit

A great swoop over my head, and a steady beat of wings. Suddenly a dark shape banks, turns, and disappears… Lynn Martin

QUNO: Supporting Multilateralism

The Quaker United Nations Office, located in New York and Geneva, represents Quakers at the United Nations and other intergovernmental… Laurel Townhead

Moses and the Tantrum

If everything worked perfectly, we would be only five minutes late, I told myself as I hurried my two-year-old daughter… Elizabeth O'Sullivan

The Civil War Swords

They came to us, my husband and me, in 1977, after my mother-in-law died. Long ago she had laid them… Mary Dimon Riley

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