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Fog smudged the letters on the street sign and the features of the man on the sidewalk. It was 9:30…

I became a Liberal unprogrammed Friend in a conservative state. The small, family-like meeting I eventually joined was a little…

 Transforming Need into Opportunity As I write these words, spring in Philadelphia has cast off winter’s grey robe and bathes…

This is an online companion to "What Bridges Are Made Of," the author's piece in the June/July 2012 issue.

Membership not old-fashioned The April issue of Friends Journal raised a number of interesting issues about membership. One of them is…

QuakerSpring 2012 For the past five summers, Friends from more than 20 yearly meetings from all branches of Quakerism have…

The story of my meeting is unusual, although I find it to be so in a typically Quaker manner. Rather…

Christchurch Meeting, New Zealand This has been an extraordinary year that has been dominated by frequent tremors: over 40 that exceeded magnitude five and…

I am a weighty Friend in the literal sense of “weighing a lot” but definitely not in the metaphorical sense…

Indiana Yearly Meeting was formed in 1821 by Quakers who migrated out of the South and into the free states…

The young woman stood outside our meetinghouse staring at our sign. Neatly calligraphed and painted in carefully chosen, muted hues, it read: “Multnomah Monthly Meeting. An unprogrammed congregation of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers).” A Friend arriving at the meetinghouse noticed that the young woman seemed perplexed.