Every day, the war in Iraq gets more deadly and less defensible. Regardless of what the U.S. government says, the…

On a cold, rainy day in Maine around Thanksgiving 2005, I got rid of my car. Bright yellow maple leaves…

A senior Friend says, half-jokingly, that every time the United States goes to war, the Canadians get to deal with…

Nearly every Sunday morning we have visitors to our Quaker meeting for worship. They enter the front door tentatively, peering…

I rarely help out with First-day school, but they needed a substitute one Sunday, so I volunteered. In the days…

As Christmas approaches, it is common to focus our attention increasingly on children. That celebration is, after all, about the…

World War II was a very important period in the history of U.S. conscientious objectors. When the draft was activated,…

Whenever your efforts to make the world a better place seem to be completely unproductive, futile, and hopeless, think of…

I started thinking about issues of responsibility for people with progressive, long-term disabilities because of my friend Teddie. (For Teddie…

Friends come to their meetings out of some kind of spiritual hunger—a desire for belonging and encouragement in making the…

The psalmist asks God, "What is man that Thou art mindful of him?" My text is the reverse, asking, "What…

It’s Saturday evening and the talent show is about to begin. The first act is a series of Irish jokes…