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Reflection
Reimagining a Yearly Meeting
Indiana Yearly Meeting has recently split, and we’re in the early stages of setting up a new association of Friends.…
A Holy Place
Many years ago, I found myself driving a long distance with a woman from my office. I didn’t know her…
Why I Work for Social Justice and Healing
A reflection.
The Safety of Silence
A reader sinks into the familiarity and safety of silence.
Thoughts on Wanting Less
Every year Americans throw out or recycle more than 250 tons of garbage. Only about 14 percent of this waste…
The Night I Took a Second Look
Fog smudged the letters on the street sign and the features of the man on the sidewalk. It was 9:30…
Walking From Shadows Into Light
 “. . . for we walk by faith not by sight.” (2 Corinthians 5:7) As a retired person, walking has…
War, Compassion, and Devonshire Pasty
My boyhood was spent in Plymouth, on the southwestern coast of England near the little harbor from which the…
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,…
The Silence Within the Silence
Deep within us all is an amazing inner sanctuary of the soul, a holy place, a Divine Center, a Speaking…
Reflection
A Psalm for New Year’s Day
New Year’s is a holy day when we celebrate the gift of time, the primeval gift, the majestic gift from…
Wallace T. Collett
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