Privilege and Presence

Two of the feature articles in this month’s issue spoke to me strongly. I’ve had it easy. I was born…

Thoughts about food at Gatherings

I have a concern that has been growing for several years about one element of our time together at FGC…

Grief Manifesto: Linda Heacock’s Death As Told by Her Daughter

As I did some yard work for a friend, I found a dead bird in one of her beds. I…

Empathy

I sit quietly in meeting for worship, envisioning the Light Within and knowing that I am being held very gently…

The Christ Spirit and Forgiveness

In my religious tradition, that of the unprogrammed branch of the Religious Society of Friends, many feel comfortable because there…

Words, Silence, and the Body in Quaker Worship

I have loved the work of Rex Ambler, the English Quaker who has developed Experiment with Light groups, among other…

The Way We Sit in Meeting for Worship

Sitting is essential to life as a primate. The fact that we have the ischial tuberosity—the "sitz bone"—is perhaps as…

My Trip to Kunduz

In the summer of 2009, I was given a grant by German Technical Corporation to conduct field research to gather…

Resurrection for the Second Half of Life

There is a time in our lives when the future holds so much promise and mystery that the thought of…

Helping North Americans Experience Nicaragua

This year marks the 25 year anniversary of ProNica, and an important part of ProNica’s mission has always been to…

A Friends Meeting Looks at Money and Time

Palo Alto (Calif.) Meeting was truly inspired by the Friends Journal special issue on Friends and Money (July 2006). I…

Quaker Earthcare Witness Mini-Grants

Quaker Earthcare Witness (QEW)— with the help of many yearly meetings in North America as well as of individuals— works…
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The Living Fountain: Remembrances of Quaker Christianity

September 1, 2024

Do Quakers Pray?

September 1, 2024

Holistic Mysticism: The Integrated Spiritual Path of the Quakers

September 1, 2024