The Sign of Jonah and the Witness of Friends Today

Few people in any religious community will deny that our times require clear-eyed, honest diagnosis informed by the guidance of…

Brian Drayton

“Leadings” For Nontheistic Friends?

When I speak of being led or feeling called to act in some way, do my words commit me to…

Steven Smith

Traveling Among Friends

This past fall I traveled among Friends from Santa Rosa, California, driving through Oregon to islands near Seattle, Washington. It…

SusanCorson-Finnerty

Cadbury Christmas

By Sharon Hoover In the December 15, 1983, issue of Friends Journal , Quaker scholar Henry J. Cadbury reported that…

Sharon Hoover

Away in a Manger: A Quaker Midrash

Since the time I was a small child I have loved the well-known story of the birth of Jesus, and…

Charles David Kleymeyer

Christmas Eve Comments: Why Egypt?

In November 2008, before our communal Christmas cards were displayed at Friends Homes at Guilford, our Art Gallery wall carried…

OTheodorBenfey

Finding the Fearsome and the Fearful in Pakistan

By Nancy Kaufmann Before and during my visit to Pakistan, I encountered the question— often with looks of disbelief or…

Nancy Kaufmann

What am I Doing Here?: Partnering with a Himalayan Village

I first went to the Himalayan Mountains in Nepal as an adventurer and mountain climber in 1995. After four Himalayan…

JeffRasley

Seven Thousand Miles to Find a New Friend

What role can Quaker education play in building bridges of understanding across the world? To answer that question, fourth grade…

Carolyn Garth

Stewardship – Thoughts From a Friend

Although the Kenya–Moses Brown project highlights one way Friends schools in the United States can build relationships with Friends schools…

Galen McNemar Hamann

Stewardship – Thoughts From a Friend

Although the Kenya-Moses Brown project highlights one way Friends schools in the United States can build relationships with Friends schools…

GalenMcNemar-Hamann

Rolling Through Fox Country

In September 2010, I was privileged to organize a tour of Fox country for a group from my yearly meeting.…

Herb Haigh

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…

Peter Lang

Quaker Women’s Theology Conference

When the invitation to write an article for Friends Journal about the Pacific Northwest Quaker Women’s Theology Conference (PNWQWTC) came…

ErinMcDougall

Quaker Women’s Theology Conference

When the invitation to write an article for Friends Journal about the Pacific Northwest Quaker Women’s Theology Conference (PNWQWTC) came…

Erin McDougall

Reading During Meeting for Worship

On occasion, our meeting discusses the propriety of reading during meeting for worship. Some people do. They read Friends Journal,…

PatriciaDewees

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…