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Reflections on Hope
This year’s presidential campaign has brought an unprecedented opportunity to reclaim a sense of decency about the United States. It…
The Need For Reparations
I am writing in response to a letter published in the August issue of Friends Journal ("Reparations are racist," by…
Building Community, One Meal at a Time
My family and I eat locally grown food three meals a day, every day. My neighbor and her family do…
Torture and Impunity
Will government-sponsored torture remain a shocking anomaly in U.S. public life? Or will it become an accepted precedent, one of…
The Quaker Peace Testimony, Economics, and the Common Good
Quakerism and Economics of the Common Good English Quaker John Bellers (1654- 1725) was the first social thinker to advance…
Three Quakers and Jesus: Excerpts From a Quaker Quest Session
At the Friends General Conference Gathering in Johnstown last June, Mary Jo Clogg and Elaine Crauderueff facilitated a weeklong Quaker…
Quaker Profiles: Carole and Ray Treadway
Friends from birth, Ray and Carole Treadway each have a different Quaker family history. Carole looks back to many generations…
An Afternoon's Walk
After a period of rainy, dreary days, one of them Thanksgiving, where depressed, dark eyeballs were so tired that they…
Passing On the Nonviolent Tradition
As a father, you can never tell just which values you will ultimately pass to your children. I have been…
Narratives of Hope from Iran
Burn at this candle, light up your heart and soul, put on a new body when you have flung away…
Forgiveness: Giving Up All Hope for a Better Past
"There can be no peace without reconciliation, no reconciliation without forgiveness, and no forgiveness without giving up all hope for…
Building Bridges
I vigil for peace, never knowing the impact I have on passersby or the effect they may have on me.…
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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