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‘Both … and …’: Parenting for Adulthood
I have been parenting for 12 years, and before I became a parent I taught for 18 years. Our children,…
Raising Quaker Youth
It would seem that writing about raising Quaker youth would be an easy undertaking, especially as my husband Rick and…
Litter Picking
Okay, I’ll fess up. There’s no hiding it—all the gang members who hang out in our neighborhood park already know…
Turning Quaker Gray into Quaker Green
"Ignorance ends today. Negligence starts tomorrow." —Architect William McDonough Whatever one might think, suspect, or wish away, climate change and…
The FGC Experience I Did Not Expect to Have
I am on the worship planning committee for the semi-programmed meeting at Minneapolis (Minn.) Meeting. I asked myself to speak…
Gifts of Eldering
I had planned this year to take a break from FGC Gathering. Polly, my partner of 27 years, couldn’t come…
Quaker Identity Crisis
As a child I was a constant attendee at annual Gatherings of Friends General Conference. I *have many fond memories…
‘An Investment … with High Returns’
The first time I attended Gathering, in Rochester, New York, I bathed my one-year-old daughter, Eleanor, in the bathroom sink…
The Mystery of Being a Neighbor
Toward the end of my Gathering workshop I wrote, "Fear that this experience will have no significant impact on my…
Kent Thornburg
Quaker scientist? That’s how Kent Thornburg describes himself. He was born into a Quaker family, and his parents recognized and…
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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