Among Friends: Relating to Money

Friends and Money: This topic could be more controversial, more sensitive to many Friends than discussions about politics, racism, religion,…

Our Money and Our Lives

Money is a hard thing for Quakers to talk about. That’s my experience, at least—whether it be in conversations with…

Reconsidering Financial Security

Friends speak of living in faithfulness to God, of letting our outward lives be wholly patterned by obedience to the…

Fighting over Money

Have you noticed that most fights involve triangles—two people or groups and a sticky issue? The sticky issue is often…

Living with Beggars

The man walking toward me grinned broadly from several feet away, and at first I thought he was being friendly.…

The Costs of the Quaker Faith

Benjamin Franklin once said, “Rather go to bed without dinner than to rise in debt.” This might be difficult advice…

Asking for Money for the Monthly Meeting

Recently I attended a Unitarian Universalist Sunday service in Montreal, where the congregation was in the midst of their annual…

Ministry and Money in the Experience of Earlier Friends

The connection between money and ministry is such a hot-button issue for many unprogrammed Friends. It might be useful to…

The Right Use of Money

Money has always caused Christians—and modern Quakers—a host of problems. We all know some version of the injunction from Paul:…

Money as a Proxy for the Gifts of Spirit

Between a Christian distrust of wealth and witnessing massive contemporary greed, it’s no wonder we react to money in emotional…

Quakers and Capitalism

At the World Conference of Friends held at Guilford College in North Carolina in 1967, some young Friends crossed over…

The Friends General Conference sweat lodge and related issues: a statement

The Indian Committee of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting welcomes the extended dialogue concerning the Quaker sweat lodges at Friends General Conference…
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William Penn: A Radical, Conservative Quaker

April 1, 2025

Opening the Parables

April 1, 2025

In Search of Hope: A Personal Quaker Journey

April 1, 2025