Featured Articles
March 2010
Global Warming: The Need for a Paradigm Shift
If we are to survive as a species, we have to stop using fossil fuels completely. Here are proposals to help us get there.
February 2010
A note of gratitude to our readers, and a few exciting announcements
My Personal Journey on the Abortion Issue
The author explains her pro-life convictions and calls for understanding between the two polarized camps on this issue.
How Quakers Can “Support the Troops”
Here are some opportunities to support individuals who are conflicted about participating in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
January 2010
Among Friends: A Common Misimpression
Reader response to last month’s Open Letter has been very heartening. A great many of you have written to us, and an even greater number have sent first-time or additional financial contributions to help us weather the effects of the deep economic recession that has affected us all. Thank you very much!
What can we learn from these new critics of religion?
December 2009
Is It Time to Lay Down Friends Journal?
An Open Letter from Janet Ross, Clerk of the Board of Trustees, Friends Publishing Corporation and Susan Corson-Finnerty, Publisher and Executive Editor
A Quaker couple tries to give the best Christmas they can to orphans at Los Quinchos, Nicaragua.
Chronicle of a Journey: Central America
Reflections on recent journeys from Mexico City to Managua and San José.
November 2009
Behind the Budget: Are We Stuck with This High-Risk Monetary System?
In an address to Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, he called for a change in the underlying assumptions of our economy.
Living in Right Relationship: How Does Spirit Call Us?
Speaking to the FGC Gathering, she charted the needed change in lifestyles to care for the Earth.
He gives the spiritual context for being arrested in front of a gun shop during the Peace Gathering this past January.
October 2009
A Family Responds to Suspicionless Drug Testing
A Philadelphia-area Quaker family challenged a seemingly implacable school district on behalf of Quaker values, and won.
Living Near the End of Life: Queries for the Elderly
A small group of worshipers at the Quaker retirement community Crosslands produced three queries addressing their unique situation: being old and living in community.
September 2009
Learning to Love Paul Wolfowitz and Other Impossible Tasks
Her brief encounter with an architect of the Iraq War leads to self-reflection.
