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Staying Aligned with Our Values
As I write, I’ve just returned from the Friends General Conference Gathering in Amherst, Massachusetts, where, among other things, I…
Economics by Innuendo and Error
David Morse’s "A Quaker Response to Economic Globalization" (FJ May) exhibits many errors in economics. He is correct to sympathize…
Police Power for Peace
Pacifists like me, many of whom are Friends, have made accommodation to the police function and criminal justice system. We…
Hiroshima/Nagasaki Unresolved: A Present Danger
On August 19, 2003, the Washington Post carried a front-page story and picture headlined “Enola Gay, Waiting in the Wings…
Favorite Writings on Simplicity
Pure Land Buddhists are devoted to the Amida Buddha, who in his compassion for the difficulties people face in achieving…
Simplicity and Convenience
For quite some time now I have had only an intuitive grasp of the difference between simplicity and convenience. The…
Amachi: Faith-Based Mentoring to Children of Prisoners
Amachi is a national initiative to provide caring, committed mentors to the children of prisoners.
Gentle Persuader and Loyal Friend: Mary Stone McDowell
In December 1955 the New York Times published an obituary, titled "Mary McDowell, Peace Crusader." The subtitle read: "Teacher Dismissed…
Flood
Every sandcastle requires a second hole. Not the moat’s descriptive circle, but a mining hole, dug off to the side.…
Kathleen Lonsdale
Kathleen Yardley Lonsdale (1903-1971) may be just the spiritual companion you need. Though she is a person of breathtaking energy…
Is God Still Sleeping in Rwanda?
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God.—Matt. 5:9 As with people all over the…
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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