Active Nonviolence and the Nickel Mines Tragedy

In his very thoughtful article about the Nickel Mines tragedy, "Forgiveness: An Amish Lesson for the Rest of Us?" (FJ…

John Humphries

A La Chureca Christmas

My friend Michael popped into my office. When he told me he couldn’t make it to Nicaragua this year for…

Herb Haigh

I’d like to clear up right away a question that seems to crop up repeatedly at these more public…

Ben Pink Dandelion

The painting Fierce Feathers, by James Doyle Penrose, is an iconic Quaker painting. It is set in the state of…

Howie Baker

Loida E. Fernandez

Susan Corson-Finnerty

What Kind of Resource is Money? The subject here is money and how to use it responsibly. We all know…

Keith Helmuth

Wings of Joy Since I was a child, I have found immense and unending joy in this miraculous creation that…

Hollister Knowlton

With the election of Barack Obama in November 2008, it seemed for a time that, as a people, we might…

Susan Waltz

Pray also for me, so that when I speak, a message may be given to me to make known with…

Noah Baker Merrill

Nine years ago, my father and I drove from our home in Philadelphia to the 2000 Friends General Conference Gathering…

Carl Sigmond

Friend and activist Bonnie Tinker died on Thursday, July 2, 2009, in Blacksburg, Virginia, during the Friends General Conference Gathering.…

Constance Grady

Although I have less to report about the 2009 summer Gathering than I would prefer, due to another long week…

Hilary B. Bisenieks

Held in the Light: Norman Morrison’s Sacrifice for Peace and His Family’s Journey of Healing By Anne Morrison Welsh, with…

Robert Dockhorn

Fit for Freedom, Not for Friendship: Quakers, African Americans and the Myth of Racial Justice By Donna McDaniel and Vanessa…

Cathy Wald

Robert Dockhorn

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…