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Witness to an Execution

By Rich Van Dellen on September 1, 2013

A prison correspondence leads to a feared request.

Rich Van Dellen is a member of Rochester (Minn.) Meeting. He is a husband, father, and grandfather, and a retired physician. He is assistant clerk of Friends General Conference and a former trustee member of Friends Publishing Corporation. He wishes to thank Myron Bietz for his review of the article and suggestions.

Posted in: Features, September 2013

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Healing in Meeting for Worship at the 1995 FGC Gathering

By Rich Van Dellen on January 1, 2006

What is the ground and foundation of the gathered meeting? In the last analysis, it is, I am convinced, the […]

Rich Van Dellen is a member of Rochester (Minn.) Meeting. He writes this in gratitude to FLGBTQC, and he expresses empathy for returning war veterans and others who have posttraumatic stress syndrome.

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From the Archives: Light on Death Row

By Jan Arriens on September 1, 2013

“I know that opposing the death penalty will not be easy for U.S. Friends, as the tide of public opinion […]

Biography from the 1996 issue: Jan Arriens is an English Quaker of Dutch descent. He studied at Cambridge, spent ten years as a diplomat in the Australian Foreign Service, and has been a freelance translator for the past 17 years.

Posted in: From the Archives, September 2013

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