Water is life, not a commodity in plastic called a blessing. North Carolinians and other planet residents are challenged to…

In October 2008, I traveled to the West Bank on behalf of Friends World Committee for Consultation-Europe and Middle East…

One of the trickiest tasks before the Religious Society of Friends today is embracing our diversity without losing our center,…

On April 29 of this year, I was blessed to attend the Christian Peace Witness for Iraq (CPWI) in Washington,…

My activities that Sunday morning were supposed to be Christmasy and result in life actually improving in some small way…

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. —Matthew 5:9 Every couple of years as a…

Over the past few decades, education has become increasingly specialized. With an influx of pre-professional programs at the collegiate level…

Recently, I sat through a lively discussion at Maury River Meeting outside of Lexington, Va. The second hour presentation was…

In February 1990 Nagendran Gulendran joined the staff of FRIENDS JOURNAL, coming to us from Surrey, England, where he had…

Love engendered in true relationship escapes its original container and spreads out. "My cup runneth over" expresses perfectly what Dan and I are experiencing. Facsimile-relationships are falling away; true relationships are taking their place. Whether it's a momentary connection with a store clerk or a longer-term relationship with the staff of a dental office, we are seeing others through Spirit/God's vision.

The Amish belief in forgiveness serves as a peaceful method for effecting successful negotiations and mediations. It serves the purpose of spreading a nonviolent response to conflict while engaging in meaningful interaction with adversaries.