March 2010

Left in Darkness

A volunteer tree provides a spiritual anchor for her during a divorce.

Moving toward Environmental Action

Recently retired, the author has assumed the vocation of encouraging individuals to make a spiritual commitment to living in harmony with the environment.

Global Warming: The Need for a Paradigm Shift

By Wilfred Candler

From the magazine

If we are to survive as a species, we have to stop using fossil fuels completely. Here are proposals to help us get there.

Meditation on the Decalogue

How do the Ten Commandments in Exodus relate to the fundamental message of Jesus?

Clashing with the “B” Word: Homophobia in Liberal Quakerism

A resort to certain biblical texts as an excuse for oppression can still be found.

Simplicity in Avoiding War Taxes

This couple's war tax witness took them from greater Philadelphia to Maine in 1982, where they still reside happily.

A Declaration of Conscience Queries on War Tax Resistance

Parting Time

What is the signifi cance of the last days of our lives?