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Contemplating the Nativity
It is December, and we are coming to the end of a long season of commercial clamor. I am old…
Can Friends of diversified thinking remain united?
What a great week the Gathering was! I felt like a country boy attending his first county fair. There were…
John Greenleaf Whittier: A Bicentennial Reflection
The birthday of one of the United States’ most popular Quakers was once a national event. Around the firesides and…
Reflections on the World Since 9/11
That morning I helped my youngest child get off to school. I straightened our now-quiet kitchen, then sat at my…
Friends Testimonies and Ecological Understanding
The Religious Society of Friends introduced into the Christian tradition a change in consciousness about spiritual life that has had…
Sustainability for the Rest of Us
As I commit increasingly to obedience to God, I have become more confused about my place in the movement towards…
Noah’s Problem
It rained last winter. A lot. It rained for 35 straight days. Then there was a sunny day. Then it…
Juarez Reflections
The three empty bird cages are stacked forlornly against the wall of the house on the small concrete paved patio,…
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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