A Significant Anniversary-And More

Fifty years ago this month, on June 27, 1958, Martin Luther King Jr. addressed Friends who gathered in Cape May,… Robert Dockhorn

The Power of Fearful Faithfulness: Martin Luther King Jr.'s Legacy For Friends

In March, I received an invitation to this summer’s Friends General Conference Gathering in Johnstown, Pa. Pulling the flyer from… Steve Chase

Fifty-Second Street

The thermometer read 102 degrees. Two-year-old Christina lay in bed crying, her tan face red with fever as she turned… George R. Lakey

Quakers and Reparations for Slavery and Jim Crow

Out of the silence a woman asked, “Why don’t Friends take reparations more seriously? It’s the kind of issue Quakers… Jeff Hitchcock

The Divine Palette

An old and dear Friend died this week. And it made me think, once iagain, about the Light Within. My… Dean C. T. Bratis

Home Training

Mama sometimes stayed home from church on Sunday, saying, "I can worship God just fine right here in the kitchen… Mary Ann Downey

A Dog's Buddha Nature

In the fall of 1968 I had moved away from a disbanding communal living situation on New York’s Long Island,… Irwin Gooen

The Terrorist's Stories

I was talking to my boys, Gurney and Ammon, about religious conviction and the choice of community of spirit, while… Stuart Bartram

From Surplus to Big Plus

Every so often, many of us are lucky enough to be at the right place at the right time to… Don Lathrop

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