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Happy Anniversary, Barbara!
In this column I sometimes introduce new staff and volunteers or bid farewell to folks who are departing. I’m very…
Julien Davies Cornell: Gentle Quaker, Determined Litigator
In December 1994, the New York Times published an obituary titled "Julien Cornell, 83, The Defense Lawyer in Ezra Pound…
”Walking the Walk: Greg Woods
In December 1999, 14-year-old Greg Woods attended the "High School Quake," a gathering of Illinois Yearly Meeting youth. Along with…
En mi barrio: A young Friend’s Neighborhood
Like the prince in an elaborate ballet he spins deftly and, with a practiced thrust, knocks his opponent’s épée to…
My Guatemala Journal
Friday, August 11, 2006 —From Libertyville to Guatemala City My mission for this journey to Guatemala is to conduct community…
A Call to Spiritual Discipline
I was 16 years old when I attended meeting for worship for the first time. Also present were a woman…
Questions to Ask Military Recruiters and Yourself
Have you, a friend, or a family member ever wondered if the military was the best option for a job…
Tidbits of History: 340 Years of Quaking in the Carolinas
In 1998 North Carolina Yearly Meeting, which maintained its unity until 1903, celebrated its 300-year anniversary. The earliest Friends in…
Nancy Nye
Help a child wrestle with a complex idea, or advocate for a child’s right to education, an adequate diet, and…
”The ‘Peace for Earth’ Walk
After considerable prayer and discernment we, Ruah Swennerfelt and Louis Cox, are about to embark on a spiritual journey that…
Disposables
I remember, back in the early ’60s, puzzling with my mother over the fate of an empty aerosol spray can.…
Fala Hates War
Pablo Picasso’s Peace Dove is tattooed on my right shoulder. I rarely get angry and almost never raise my voice.…
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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