A Detroit Public Schoolteacher’s Notebook

I’m talking to Friends after meeting, seeking a word to describe my experiences teaching in Detroit this year, my 17th…

LisaSinnett

A Little Less Talk, A Little more Action: Using Theatre to Activate Conflict Resolution

Christel, you’ve got to go do this," urged two great friends after returning from a five-day workshop in the tiny…

ChristelGreiner

Halloween, Quaker Style

October is a month in which Quaker culture and popular culture collide. Controversy swirls about the celebration of Halloween. Quaker…

MichaelZimmerman

S-P-I-C-E-S: The Quaker Testimonies

This model of Friends testimonies is incorporated into the school’s curriculum.

Connecticut Friends School

Refusing to Be Enemies: Palestinian and Israeli Nonviolent Resistance to the Israeli Occupation (Book Review Essay)

In this compilation of essays and interviews with activists who share a commitment to nonviolence, Maxine Kaufman-Lacusta makes no pretense…

RobertDockhorn

A Letter from the Board Clerk

Dear Friends, I write to you with a deep sense of gratitude for the outpouring of support in recent months…

JanetRoss

Recent Immigration Legislation and Comprehensive Immigration Reform

Intermountain Yearly Meeting met in June 2010. Friends in this area of the country are especially concerned about immigration issues…

ClaireOLeonard

Slowing the Wheel of War: A Spiritual Struggle

It will soon be 50 years since Dwight D. Eisenhower gave his farewell address to the nation on January 17,…

CharlesFager

Quaker Witness in Palestine

In the summer of 2008, I joined a small group of teachers, most of whom worked at Quaker schools near…

BetsyBrinson

The Vital Need for Family Planning and Abortion Services

I am proud to belong to a religion that honors diversity. This seems to be a constant in Quakerism. Our…

RichardGrossman

No Swearing for 250 Years

For over 350 years, members of the Religious Society of Friends have maintained that it is wrong to swear an…

DavidWTBrattston

Hungry for God: The Evolution of a Fasting Discipline

More than any other discipline, fasting reveals the things that control us. This is a wonderful benefit to the disciple…

KatherineGriffith

On the Ark with Noah

Sometimes all it takes to make progress in the world is a good story. As we drift along in our…

PeterO'Brien

Good News and New Options

Last month my column promised readers more information about how FRIENDS JOURNAL is doing and what news we have to…

SusanCorson-Finnerty

A Perfect Spiritual Work

A perfect spiritual work should fit like a deep breath. It should bring in new life-giving energy and clear out…

JohnCalvi

Are We at the Dawn of a New Age of Global Spirituality?

In December 2009, I attended the Parliament of the World’s Religions (PWR) in Melbourne, Australia. This gathering has taken place…

AnthonyManousos

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…