The Peaceable Kingdom 2.0: Young Adults and Quakerism’s Future

In this post-Christendom, post-9/11 country, there is a growing inter-faith youth movement, thanks in part to the ability of new…

Fidgeting in Worship

A Friend shares his process of settling into worship: "As I sit in meeting, I use prayer as a way…

Moving On

By the time you receive this issue, I will have retired as senior editor. It was 12 years ago that…

Quaker Earthcare Witness: Minute on Nuclear Fission in Light of the Disaster in Japan

We are horrified and saddened by the staggering physical, human, and environmental damage that has been suffered by Japan following…

The Spirit of Pendle Hill and the Origin of Quaker Institute for the Future

When I first came to Pendle Hill in the spring of 1965, Alan Hunter was visiting from Los Angeles. I…

Writing Midrash at Pendle Hill

It was a workshop at Pendle Hill that led me to discover more of myself and of the Bible through…

Who Was Joy Hodgkin?

When my grandfather, Henry Hodgkin, migrated from England in 1930 to be the first director of studies at Pendle Hill,…

Earthquake, Tsunami, and Nuclear Power in Japan: The Ocean of Light above the Ocean of Darkness

The Ocean of Light above the Ocean of Darkness “…there was an ocean of darkness and death; but an infinite…

The Life of Japanese Quaker Inazo Nitobe

At Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, numerous epistles are read from other yearly meetings throughout the world. Likewise Philadelphia sends its annual…

Toward a More Balanced Analysis of Zionism

Steve Chase, in his Reflection "Recovering a Forgotten Zionist Vision for Peace?" in the April issue of Friends Journal, offers…

Restoring the Golden Rule

Remember the Golden Rule? In 1958 when retired U.S. Navy Captain Albert Bigelow tried to sail this 30-foot boat to…

Elders Among Us

Take a look around you the next time you gather with your meeting community. You come into meeting for worship…

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