Remember that You Are Dust and to Dust You Shall Return

Ash Wednesday and Earth action: the more we build our Eden together, the more stable our lives become.

Dan Coppock

Thank you, Robert Dockhorn

Often, when I travel among Friends, individuals will come up to me and offer warm comments on the excellence of…

Susan Corson-Finnerty

On a Mission to Heal the Planet

Risking esteem and friendship to speak truth through Friends ministry interviewed by Shirley Dodson Amanda, what motivated you to apply…

Amanda Kemp

Remember that You are Dust and to Dust You Shall Return

Wednesday morning at 6 am my alarm woke me from warm, senseless sleep to face a cold, rainy, and intimidating…

Daniel Coppock

Lillian and George Willoughby

Raspberries, bread, serendipity, and nonviolence. Lillian and George Willoughby, members of Central Philadelphia (Pa.) Meeting, were engaged with many projects…

Lynne Shivers

Service in the Friends Ambulance Unit

In October 1944, it was my privilege to be one of the Canadian conscientious objectors who had volunteered for service…

Edwin V. Abbott

Susan

The Tennessee State Prison for Women was on the north side of Nashville, just beyond the edge of town. It…

Tina Coffin

What Would Jesus (Have Me) Do?

"Come, Holy Spirit." This was the first message at the October 10, 2010, meeting for worship. It settled me further…

Edna Whittier

Come Back to the Body

I sense a revived yearning in the Religious Society of Friends to deepen and unite both our inner and our…

Walter Hjelt Sullivan

Three Kinds of Singing in Meeting

Some years ago (in 1980) when my husband, Bruce, and I were visiting New England Yearly Meeting with a minute…

Geoffrey Kaiser

True Confessions of a Closet Quaker

Don’t tell anyone that you saw my name here. The members of my parish might not understand my motivation to…

Erik Lehtinen

The Journey of a Doubter

Do I consider myself a Christian? Do I believe Jesus is the son of God? Do I believe the Bible…

Marcia L. Mason

Still Asking: Who Is Our Neighbor?

Third day of the Eighth Month, 2008 Dear Friends, On the last day of Western Yearly Meeting’s 2008 Annual Session,…

Jennifer Chapin-Smith

Manzanar: A Japanese Camp

Manzanar means apple orchard in Spanish. There was a significant community in Owens Valley on the east side of the…

Grace Ito Coan

The Peaceable Kingdom 2.0: Young Adults and Quakerism’s Future

In this post-Christendom, post-9/11 country, there is a growing inter-faith youth movement, thanks in part to the ability of new tools to enable communication and relationship. Youth from many backgrounds are represented in this movement, but not Quakers. Why? I believe it is because Friends have not successfully implemented the contemporary structures and new technologies through which this movement functions. We experience a lack of connection both inside and outside of our community due to generational and technological issues. This post will be an exploration of how Muslim, Quaker, and other faith communities pursue work with young adults to achieve a vision for the future of their respective communities.

Stephen Willis Dotson

Fidgeting in Worship

A Friend shares his process of settling into worship: "As I sit in meeting, I use prayer as a way to center down. I have a list of people that I usually pray for and I use the idea of 'holding others in the light.'"

Greg Woods

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…