Standing for Miss Rosa

"I’ll go late in the day," I tell my husband. "That way, I’ll avoid most of the crowd." It’s Sunday,…

Gerri Williams

The Experience of Friends Meeting

Responses from Members and Attenders Starting in May 2005, I sent out a questionnaire to members and attenders of Friends…

David E. Drake

Thinking Again about God

Near the beginning of meeting one morning a Friend spoke, saying that despite continuing efforts, she was still not able…

Gil Johnston

Genesis 1.0

In the beginning, it was a two-day job, three at the outside; but you know how it is with construction.…

Paul Buckley

Changing the Rules of Scrabble

Cultural pressure seems to emphasize competitive achievement through conflict and winning. We would like to share how rule changes in…

Alica and Bob Mabbs

Among Friends: Relating to Money

Friends and Money: This topic could be more controversial, more sensitive to many Friends than discussions about politics, racism, religion,…

Susan Corson-Finnerty

Our Money and Our Lives

Money is a hard thing for Quakers to talk about. That’s my experience, at least—whether it be in conversations with…

Carolyn Hilles

Reconsidering Financial Security

Friends speak of living in faithfulness to God, of letting our outward lives be wholly patterned by obedience to the…

Joanna Hoyt

Fighting over Money

Have you noticed that most fights involve triangles—two people or groups and a sticky issue? The sticky issue is often…

Ron McDonald

Living with Beggars

The man walking toward me grinned broadly from several feet away, and at first I thought he was being friendly.…

Anna Redsand

The Costs of the Quaker Faith

Benjamin Franklin once said, “Rather go to bed without dinner than to rise in debt.” This might be difficult advice…

Glenn L. Reinhart

Asking for Money for the Monthly Meeting

Recently I attended a Unitarian Universalist Sunday service in Montreal, where the congregation was in the midst of their annual…

Caroline Balderston Parry

Ministry and Money in the Experience of Earlier Friends

The connection between money and ministry is such a hot-button issue for many unprogrammed Friends. It might be useful to…

Marty Grundy

The Right Use of Money

Money has always caused Christians—and modern Quakers—a host of problems. We all know some version of the injunction from Paul:…

David H. Ciscel

Money as a Proxy for the Gifts of Spirit

Between a Christian distrust of wealth and witnessing massive contemporary greed, it’s no wonder we react to money in emotional…

Nadine Hoover

Quakers and Capitalism

At the World Conference of Friends held at Guilford College in North Carolina in 1967, some young Friends crossed over…

Steven Dale Davison

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…