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Mending the World

Our world is torn and broken. Many parts of it are not working. There are great tears and gashes, holes… pamelahaines

Children, War, Play, Violence (and Barbies)

When I started out on the adventure of parenting, I assumed that I was too smart and enlightened to have… pamelahaines

Disposables

I remember, back in the early ’60s, puzzling with my mother over the fate of an empty aerosol spray can.… pamelahaines

Grounded in the Calling

When I lead the morning program of Junior Gathering, I am anchored by our staff’s early morning meeting for worship.… pamelahaines

Friends Neighborhood Guild: A Quaker Presence in Philadelphia

The Beginnings In 1879, as an expression of concern for their new immigrant neighbors, Friends in the Northern Liberties section… pamelahaines

Belonging

I sit on the steps of my son’s house in a small town in Nicaragua watching the world go by,… pamelahaines

Imagining the Impossible

When I came upon a book about a nonviolent Islamic warrior from the Afghan border (Nonviolent Soldier of Islam, by… pamelahaines

Wind and Sun

I was listening in on a heated e-mail interchange about the American Friends Service Committee’s Afghan blanket project. Someone was… pamelahaines

Global Awareness and the Good Life

When my sister chose to volunteer at a Quaker program in Nicaragua, I thought about the country for the first… pamelahaines

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