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Alternatives to Violence Project: An Interview with Steve Angell
Stephen L. Angell was an early participant and continues to be active in the Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP), a…
What Are Schools For?
Quakers can advocate for alternatives to the dominant U.S. education paradigm that is based on industrial and military ideals of…
Imparting Our Values
When my children were young, I remember how challenging it could be to share my Quaker values with them—and to…
A Sacred Walk: Parenting as a Way to God
Nothing has taught me more about the constancy of God’s presence and continuing creation than being a parent. From the…
Quaker Education: Thoughts on Our Words, Our Silence, and a Very Cool Milk Jug Raft
G. K. Chesterton once said that most educational debates more or less dead-end at "Let us not decide what is…
Circle Time
I loved it when we would sit down to have Circle Time. First we would light the candles so we…
Together-Together: That’s How We Nurture Each Other
When I asked my 14-year-old daughter, "What is a functioning Quaker adult?" she looked at me quizzically and responded, "I…
How Monthly Meetings Can Support Their Youth
I first came to meeting when I was five years old, with my parents and my stuffed frog. The frog…
”Building Multigenerational Community within Monthly Meetings
One of the most powerful moments of my spiritual journey when I was growing up came when the youth director…
Children, War, Play, Violence (and Barbies)
When I started out on the adventure of parenting, I assumed that I was too smart and enlightened to have…
Follow the Child
I am an introspective kind of Friend who considers every decision carefully. It takes me days to mull over a…
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Why Young Friends Need Elders—and Why They Need Us
To be a Young Friend is to be in transition—to be in a time of great possibility, uncertainty, and formation.…
Micah Bales
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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