The Challenge of Celebrating Historical Wars

What does a Friends meeting do when their hometown celebrates war?

Sharon Ann Holt

Online Features

Baltimore, the Time Is Now

A Baltimore Friend shares her first-hand experience and perspective from the city's unrest.

Sarah Bur

Among Friends: A Brand New Bag

From our executive director.

Gabriel Ehri

Forum: May 2015

Watering down integrity While I share Richard House’s desire to see to the core of people and value their humanity…

Staff

Viewpoint: Idealism and Pacifism

The early Quaker words and their implications are haunting. No matter how deeply our sense of justice is affronted and no matter how cruel the hand of history or culture or national or ethnic violence, we can never be justified in responding in kind.

Ralph Lelii

Features

What Quakers and Catholics Might Learn from One Another

Balancing head and heart in two spiritual homes.

John Pitts Corry

Features

Shabbat and First Day

A Quaker Jewish path along walls and borders, both physical and spiritual.

Deborah Mayaan

Features

Rediscovering Quakerism’s Liberal Religious Roots

Revisiting our spiritual tradition to find common ground in witness and service.

Isaac Barnes May

Features

My Quakerism and Eastern Spirituality

Clarifying Christian faith and Quaker life through Eastern spiritual teachings.

Jan Michael

Features

Allow Me to Introduce You, Witches and Friends

Navigating points of tension to find core values in common.

Meagan Fischer

Features

In the Manner of Morocco

Celebrating Eid as a Quaker

Emma Hohenstein

Poetry

First-Day Services

FJ Poetry: "My grandfather put on his Sunday-go-to-Meeting clothes…"

Mary K. Stillwell

Poetry

Offering

FJ Poetry: "In early morning before a blue white sky…"

Rüdiger Herzing Rückmann

Poetry

Morning Office

FJ Poetry: "Oh Lord, This morning is not so beautiful…"

John Pierce

Friends in Business

Business Lessons from Levi Coffin

From our Friends in Business column.

Peggy Tierney

News

News: May 2015

News from Quakerbooks, Releasing Ministry Alliance, the Quaker Bridge Film Festival, and Guilford College.

Staff

Tom Louderback on Quakers and Capitalism

Capitalism is supposed to be an economic system with checks and balances, like democracy, and we…
Steven Davison on Speaking with Spiritual Authority

Thank you, Peter, for this ministry. I share your concern. In fact, Pendle Hill just published…
Ron Braithwaite on Hoopes Sentenced to More Than Two Years in Prison for Assaulting an ICE Agent

At the actual sentencing, Jacob was sentenced to 30 months at the Sheridan, Oregon Federal Minimum…
Kevin Johnson on Hoopes Sentenced to More Than Two Years in Prison for Assaulting an ICE Agent

I would have hoped that Friends would refrain from violent protests in these difficult days. Friends…