June 2003

U.S. Exceptionalism vs. Human Solidarity

By Keith Helmuth

A Quaker looks beyond the Peace Testimony in the aftermath of 9/11.

Raising CO Consciousness in Our Youth

By Alice Carlton and Curt Torell

Rooted in one meeting's experience, here are suggestions for encouraging youth to think about conscientious objection.

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Prayer, Healing, and a Miracle

By Marcelle Martin

One meeting experienced prayer as powerful even if not predictable.

Inward Light and Outward Light

By Paul Buckley

The metaphor of light illustrates what distinguishes a Quaker meeting for business from a secular business meeting.

Confessions of a Nontheistic Friend

By David E. Drake

A long period of spiritual wrestling has led him to be a nontheist.

Who's Been Reading George Fox's Journal?

By Newton Garver

James Joyce, Ludwig Wittgenstein, and Ralph Waldo Emerson are among those who have valued George Fox's Journal.

Trying to See God

By Mary Ann Downey

How high up must one be?

The Christian Resistance

By Brenda Walker Beadenkopf

Quakers were involved in this pre-Civil War confrontation over slavery.