Houses of Hospitality

A Quaker at a Catholic Worker house examines the need for hospitality.

M.F. Byrnes

Features

From Stranger to Friend

Lessons from Beacon Hills Friends House.

Holly Baldwin

Features

Christmas in Kenya

An American returns to a boyhood home in Kenya.

David Hallock Sanders

Some Friends Will Have a Christmas Tree

One meeting's annual debate about holiday decorations.

Jack H. Schick

Features

Welcoming the Stranger

Quaker refugees link up across national borders.

Valerie Joy

Features

A Guest at the Door

A religious traveler offers tips for welcoming visitors.

Kim Peavey

Features

Safe Haven: A Place of Trust

The neighborhood Y was more than just a place of refuge.

Jim Ross

Features

Letters: My Journey to the Quaker Movement

A letter to a fictional seeker.

Steve Chase

Features

The Gluten-Free Pizza Bully

A Friend averts a street brawl.

David Morse

Exploring Silence in Higher Education

Like many church-related colleges, Wilmington College in Ohio—where I have taught for 13 years—confronts some seemingly insurmountable challenges in attempting…

Terry Miller

The Strong Silent Type

A thank you to Philadelphia Yearly Meeting's Cookie Caldwell.

Sara Waxman

Q&A: Christina Repoley, Founding Executive Director of Quaker Voluntary Service

Service work with young adult Friends.

Staff

Why I Work for Social Justice and Healing

A reflection.

Lucy Duncan

November Forum

Letters from our readers.

Misc.

Gospel Vibrations

A story of gifts rejected and accepted: "Friends are not always successful at seeing beyond stereotypes and expectations to a person's gifts and raising them but, but sometimes we do get it right. When we do, it matters."

Vonn New

Dazzled and Grateful

A poet shares how prayer connects her with God and nature.

Beverly Shepard

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…