What Friends Journal Offers

For the last three months, this "Among Friends" column has focused on Friends Journal’s financial situation, and future columns are…

Do Quaker Testimonies Have an Authentic Historical Dimension?

At first glance, this question may seem rather odd. Of course Quaker testimonies have a historical dimension. However, the inclusion…

Left in Darkness

There was something about the way the new green had sprouted precisely in the middle of my garden. The garden…

Moving toward Environmental Action

Friends have a defining and mystical method for reaching personal decisions and taking action. Our practice of opening ourselves to…

Global Warming: The Need for a Paradigm Shift

In the early years of our country, Friends enslaved other human beings. Thanks to a few Friends such as John…

Meditation on the Decalogue

The Decalogue, or Ten Commandments, was written on the stone tablets given to Moses on Mount Sinai as he led…

Clashing with the ‘B’ Word: Homophobia in Liberal Quakerism

Now that we are addressing the issue of same-gender marriages in Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, I think it is pertinent to…

Simplicity in Avoiding War Taxes

In 1982 the contradiction of "praying for peace and paying for war" overwhelmed us. We needed to try to live…

Parting Time

The end came early and unexpectedly for my friend Sue, and in a few days I will join her family…

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