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Eight Questions on Convergent Friends: An Interview with Robin Mohr
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Friends everywhere are addressing questions about being authentic Quakers, not just Evangelical Christians and not just liberal do-gooders. What is the unique contribution of Quakers to our postmodern society, wherever we are? People around the world are interested and concerned about that conversation.
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A series on New England Yearly Meeting's discernment over the challenges of their relationship with Friends United Meeting, and with each other
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A New England Friend confesses and apologizes for the harm that has been done in the name of Jesus.
Encouraging Each Other’s Faith and Truths
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The need for deeper listening prompts a yearly meeting to sit with its members’ stories and experiences.
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Our spiritual family needs the test of love as well as the test of truth.
God Has No Hands on Earth but Ours
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A Friend struggles with the line between loving others and betraying her own values.
An Obligation of Peace within a Play of Power
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A neighborhood police confrontation finds a Friend pushing past expected limits of compassion.
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A biblical parable inspires a woman to take action in her church.
Healing the Wounds of Patriarchy, One Woman at a Time
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The author’s healing ministry celebrates the Sacred Feminine and helps restore the balance between the masculine and feminine.
Gifts to Share: Stories of Women Who are Recorded Ministers
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Portions of this paper appeared in the October 2011 issue as profiles of women recorded as Quaker ministers.
Remember that You Are Dust and to Dust You Shall Return
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Ash Wednesday and Earth action: the more we build our Eden together, the more stable our lives become.
Earthquake, Tsunami, and Nuclear Power in Japan: The Ocean of Light above the Ocean of Darkness
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She sees fears of nuclear power after the events in Japan as greatly exaggerated when compared with the dangers accompanying fossil fuel-based energy.
The Life of Japanese Quaker Inazo Nitobe, 1862-1933
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Among his accomplishments was serving as an Under-Secretary General of the League of Nations in Geneva.
A Great People to be Gathered: The View from Pendle Hill
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Reflections on a place where I did some of the hardest and most important learning of my life, learning that I think was unlikely to happen anywhere else.
