On Answering Terror: Responses to War and Peace after 9/11/01

Answering Terror is an anthology of articles and reflections, largely drawn from Friends Journal, that deal with Quaker reactions to…

Walter Wink

Godless for God's Sake

Nontheism in Contemporary Quakerism, by 27 Quaker nontheists Edited by David Boulton. Dales Historical Monographs, 2006. 146 pages. $18.50/softcover. This…

Martha Paxson Grundy

Counting Our Blessings

Here in the U.S., we celebrate Thanksgiving in November. It’s a four-day weekend that sees one of the highest travel…

Susan Corson-Finnerty

Finding a Way Forward

The most remarkable event in the long, sad saga of the Quaker Sweat Lodge (QSL) controversy took place at the…

Chuck Fager

Nozuko's Story

Fall 1999, Singisi, South Africa It’s an ordinary autumn day. The chilling wind announces the impending arrival of winter, snapping…

Susan Winters Cook

Post-Katrina Reflections

It is difficult to know where to begin; the catastrophe is of huge proportions and ranges from the most intimate…

Dorian Hastings

Activism from a Place of Peace

There are two ways to be an activist: from a place of pain—anger, self-righteousness, blame, or despair—or from a place…

Tina Tau McMahon

Challenging Certainty

I believe that Friends are called to reflect anew on our relationship with animals. This concern dates back at least…

Scott Simon

''What Was Special about This Year's FGC Gathering

What an incredible week we had at the Friends General Conference Gathering! Sixteen hundred Friends gathered near Tacoma, Washington, for…

Carrie Glasby

Negative vs. Positive Rules

I’m at Friends General Conference Junior Gathering, serving as support staff with kids entering third and fourth grades. Some members…

Robert Renwick

Gathering Light

Today you are something similar to a beachcomber. You are a "lightcomber." So began the instructions for Monday’s Game of…

Nancy E. James

Quaker Peace Tree

A living witness that we pray will outlive the occasion of war. Planted by Friends General Conference Gathering of Friends…

Nancy E. James

Traveling with the Friends Directory

We planned our drive from California to the 2006 FGC Gathering carefully, arranging to meet our daughter and son-in-law at…

Sandy and Tom Farley

Grounded in the Calling

When I lead the morning program of Junior Gathering, I am anchored by our staff’s early morning meeting for worship.…

Pamela Haines

An Inspiring Issue

When we editors decided upon the theme for this issue, "What Are Friends Called to Today?," I had a feeling…

Susan Corson-Finnerty

How can we work more for peace than for war?

Wars and preparations for war are very expensive. It is estimated that the direct costs to the U.S. of the…

Stan Becker

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…