Featured Articles
August 2010
On the Sonoran border in sizzling heat, we are sacrificing people to the environment.
June/July 2010
Wielding Thor's Hammer: What It Means to Write as Ministry
A professor in the Ministry of Writing Program at Earlham School of Religion -- a Quaker seminary -- examines the relationship between writing, goals, hope, and truth.
May 2010
On the significance of the 1688 Protest against slavery in Germantown, Pa., and its place in Quaker history and the history of human rights.
April 2010
What Underlies the Debate about Abortion?
Why, as a sex educator, a Christian, a feminist, and a Quaker, I still vehemently support, advocate, and fight for the right to abortion for women who need it.
Applying Quaker Thought to Food
A food journalist addresses the broad implications of our choices about what to eat.
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.
