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New Beginnings and Gratitude
Every New Year arrives with its promise of things to come, fresh starts, new opportunities. In reality, we are always…
Clearness Committees at the Crossroads of Our Working Lives
The fork in the road—it’s an experience that affects many of us at one time or another in the course…
Separation of Church and State
The separation of church and state is currently the focus of much debate. The concept is increasingly challenged by religious…
Quaker Peacemaking Put to the Test
Many of us seem to absorb the Quaker culture of peacemaking without any specific training. Nor have many of us…
Camp Woodbrooke: Taking Risks, Meeting Challenges
In December 2005 a dozen people met around a table in the basement of the Madison (Wis.) Meetinghouse to decide…
My Very Special Place
I can picture sitting on my bed at Camp Woodbrooke, the best camp in the world! I smelled flowers along…
Quaker Camp: Mothers and Daughters Talk (#1)
Betsy (mother) How would I have raised my daughters without Quaker camp? Although Anna and Margaret were born into our…
Quaker Camp: Mothers and Daughters Talk (#2)
Sarah (mother) I was not raised Quaker. It was my children’s spiritual education through Baltimore Yearly Meeting’s summer camping programs…
Experiencing the 'Fire at the Center'
Baltimore Yearly Meeting has a large youth population, and for many within the yearly meeting, its camping program has been…
The 110th U.S. Congress
The current Congress is giving more visibility, in-depth exploration, and oversight to some Quaker goals as stated in FCNL’s legislative…
Walk Tall: Spoken Ministry among Friends
I came out of the grocery store carrying a small bag and almost immediately spoke in meeting. There, not 50…
A Quaker Witness Remembered
There haven’t been any Quakers in our family since Grandpa Morey, my great-grandfather. Denominational affiliation probably changed when the family…
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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