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Working for Peace
Perhaps one of the most difficult dilemmas presented by our Quaker testimonies is the tension between seeking to address that…
Nonviolence: The Law of Love
Mention the Middle East, the Congo, or Northern Ireland, and eyes roll, shoulders rise, and expressions of helplessness take over…
U.S. Quakers: Hybrid Corn?
Years ago I heard our gifted Quaker economist-philosopher-poet Kenneth Boulding compare U.S. Quakers to hybrid corn. His interesting observation was…
Emily Greene Balch, Pioneering Peacemaker
Emily Greene Balch, along with her friend and inspiration, Jane Addams, was one of two women with Quaker connections to…
Dilemmas of Our Peace Testimony
The history of the Quaker Peace Testimony is full of dilemmas and never a simple doctrine. Indeed, it seems to…
The Unbowed Head
When they fight, animals of the same species often have an instinctive way of submitting and signaling obeisance to others…
Being Silent
Last Sunday was another of those meetings for worship. In the first 20 minutes when the children were present no…
Grieving in the Light: Friend’s Ministry to the Divorced
I was recently divorced from my husband, who is an active member of our meeting, as am I. It was…
Prayer Vigil No. 88
It was a Sunday this past February, only the second time that I’d been at the vigil since early December,…
Friends as Healers
Twenty Friends sit comfortably in a circle in the warming sunshine of Powell House retreat center. While some Friends gaze…
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Exploring Isaac Penington: Seventeenth-Century Quaker Mystic, Teacher and Activist
April 1, 2024
Wealth Supremacy: How the Extractive Economy and the Biased Rules of Capitalism Drive Today’s Crises
April 1, 2024
Radical Acts of Justice: How Ordinary People Are Dismantling Mass Incarceration
April 1, 2024