Beggars to God

I scarcely see beggars near my home in the United States, but they can be found almost everywhere in Rwanda.…

Mark Judkins Helpsmeet

Rwanda: Escaping the Victim-Abuser-Rescuer Triangle

There is that of God in each of us. This is a fundamental tenet of Quaker faith. But perhaps there…

Laura Shipler Chico

Goat Story

When I was a child we had goats at home. While we were at school, we tied them to a…

Adrien Niyongabo

Sitting Allowances

It may surprise you that international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) are not viewed favorably here in East and Central Africa. This…

David Zarembka

AVP: An Instrument of Peace

When I became involved with the Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP), I had no idea how important the underlying principles…

John A. Shuford

Reflections on Hope

This year’s presidential campaign has brought an unprecedented opportunity to reclaim a sense of decency about the United States. It…

Susan Corson-Finnerty

The Need For Reparations

I am writing in response to a letter published in the August issue of Friends Journal ("Reparations are racist," by…

Milton Erhardt

Building Community, One Meal at a Time

My family and I eat locally grown food three meals a day, every day. My neighbor and her family do…

Virginia Lockett

Torture and Impunity

Will government-sponsored torture remain a shocking anomaly in U.S. public life? Or will it become an accepted precedent, one of…

Charles Fager

The Quaker Peace Testimony, Economics, and the Common Good

Quakerism and Economics of the Common Good English Quaker John Bellers (1654- 1725) was the first social thinker to advance…

Keith Helmuth

Three Quakers and Jesus: Excerpts From a Quaker Quest Session

At the Friends General Conference Gathering in Johnstown last June, Mary Jo Clogg and Elaine Crauderueff facilitated a weeklong Quaker…

Christina Repoley

Quaker Profiles: Carole and Ray Treadway

Friends from birth, Ray and Carole Treadway each have a different Quaker family history. Carole looks back to many generations…

Kara Newell

An Afternoon's Walk

After a period of rainy, dreary days, one of them Thanksgiving, where depressed, dark eyeballs were so tired that they…

Grant Stevenson

Passing On the Nonviolent Tradition

As a father, you can never tell just which values you will ultimately pass to your children. I have been…

Craig Jacobrown

Narratives of Hope from Iran

Burn at this candle, light up your heart and soul, put on a new body when you have flung away…

Linda Kusse-Wolfe

Forgiveness: Giving Up All Hope for a Better Past

"There can be no peace without reconciliation, no reconciliation without forgiveness, and no forgiveness without giving up all hope for…

Pamela Haines

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…