Quaker Testimony in Green Building

In the late 1990s, the building that housed Friends Committee on National Legislation was literally falling apart. “There were filing… Bergin Parks

Composting as Holy Sacrament

In my family album, there is a picture that my mother took of me in 1945 as a two-year-old “helping”… Louis Cox

Growing Up in Germany During World War II

We had not heard from my Uncle Helmut in years: “lost in action,” we were told. Then one day in… Erika Muhlenberg

The Solace of History: Reflections on Quakers and the Environment

Sometimes I feel painfully out-of-step with the world around me. Perhaps I’d have fit in better in some other era,… Ellen M. Ross

Accessibility, Handwork, and Ministry in Meeting for Worship

By Staśa Morgan-Appel In the summer of 2000, I was in a car accident with multiple impacts. I walked away… Staśa Morgan-Appel

Housing Desegregation in a Small Town

An important part of our complicated history turns up in family papers. Sue Carroll Edwards

Eight Questions on Convergent Friends: An Interview with Robin Mohr

Friends everywhere are addressing questions about being authentic Quakers, not just Evangelical Christians and not just liberal do-gooders. What is… Robin Mohr

What Will Get Us Ready

If we are to reach and garner the present day seekers who exist in every neighborhood, persons who are disillusioned… Rufus M. Jones

My Soul Longed for Something New

Last year our family joined a small group that focuses on sharing real life together, while being intentionally vague in defining… Tim McGeary

I (Hope I) See Dead People

In M. Night Shyamalan’s 1999 film The Sixth Sense, Haley Joel Osment plays a troubled kid named Cole Sear. Cole… C. Wess Daniels

Sharing the Gifts of the Spirit

What Friends Have to Offer the Wider Church Silence washed over the hundreds of women and men gathered together in the… Micah Bales

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The Quaker Faith: Friends of Love and Truth

June 1, 2026

Is Peace Possible?

June 1, 2026

Turning Toward the Victim: The Bible, Sacred Violence, and the End of Scapegoating in Quaker Perspective

June 1, 2026