A Common Misimpression

Reader response to last month’s Open Letter has been very heartening. A great many of you have written to us,…

Why Do The Unbelievers Rage?

We are witnessing another of the fierce assaults on religion and on theism that have recurred in the modern era.…

Spring Friends Meeting: A Success Story

A Friend and I were working in the basement of the Hege Library at Guilford College, sorting books for the…

A Quaker’s Quest in Poland

Poland wouldn’t have been my first choice as a tourist destination. I had too many troubling memories going back to…

At the Movies: Reflections on the Testimony of Honesty/Integrity

In 1952, Ernesto Guevara de la Serna set off on a journey with his friend Alberto Granado. They traveled by…

Close Encounter in the Parking Lot

Dune-like mounds of plowed snow glistened as I wheeled my cart from the supermarket to my car. For almost a…

Farm Share

Our farmer is sick. Community Supported Agriculture provides the relationship. You buy a share of a particular farm’s harvest at…

Our New Best Friend?

Written a few weeks after the Inauguration of President Barack Obama last year, this is reprinted with permission from the…

An Unspoken Message

As often happens in the silence of meeting for worship, I felt a message coming within me, which was not…

Book Reviews

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Those Who Stayed: A Vietnam Diary

October 1, 2025

Two Women, One War: An Unlikely Friendship During the Vietnam War

October 1, 2025

Annice Carter’s Life of Quaker Service: Harmonizing Practice with Principle at Home, in Palestine, and in Kenya

October 1, 2025