The Friends General Conference sweat lodge and related issues: a statement

The Indian Committee of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting welcomes the extended dialogue concerning the Quaker sweat lodges at Friends General Conference…

Indian Committeeof Philadelphia Yearly Meeting

Friends and the Stock Market

Are Quakers involved in the stock market, and if so, why? My own conclusion is that the stock market is…

Teddy Milne

Friends' Attitudes toward Business in the USA

Unprogrammed liberal Friends today seem publicly almost uniformly negative about most business activity. I have been to talks at Pendle…

Mark S. Cary

Why Young Friends Should Consider a Career in Business

At the time that the Religious Society of Friends first began in England, one had to be a member of…

Paul Neumann

Common Good Bank: A Society to Benefit Everyone

The Accidental Banker As Gregor awoke one morning from uneasy dreams, he found himself transformed into a gigantic cockroach. —Franz…

William Spademan

Queries and Advices on Money

The Quaker Testimonies of Simplicity and Stewardship are the foundation of our spiritual relationship with money. According to Faith and…

Frank Piocos

Quaker Money, Old Money, and White Privilege

“As a birthright Friend, she really knew her antiques.” This comment opened a testimony to the life of a beloved…

Elizabeth Cazden

What is Truth?

An early Christian bishop and martyr was offered the choice of escaping a fairly horrific death if he would deny…

Marion Sullivan

The Work of Many Hands

This issue arrives with an innovation—a removable cover wrap giving readers advance notice of our forthcoming special issue on "Friends…

Susan Corson-Finnerty

Palm Beach (Fla.) Meeting Minute of Grave Concern

On November 13, 2004, Palm Beach Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends in Lake Worth, Florida, sponsored a meeting…

Joan M. Carney

Wait and Watch: Meeting for Worship as Spiritual Practice

When I first began attending meeting for worship I did not know what to expect. I knew that Quaker meetings…

John Andrew Gallery

Contemplating Torture

When U.S. political leaders debate the ethics and efficacy of torture, we need to consider how our country arrived at…

William Nichols

The Heart of My Enemy: Rwandan Friends Rebuilding after Genocide

If, for example, you see your children being killed by machetes and that stays in your mind, that can cause…

Laura Shipler Chico

Speaking across the Divide: Cecile Nyiramana at St. Louis Meeting, June 29, 2005

Cecile Nyiramana, secretary to the legal representative (akin to general secretary) of Rwanda Yearly Meeting, visited the United States as…

Thomas Paxson

Consolations of Light

My daughter Alice’s life was changed forever last summer when we returned home from an idyllic vacation in upstate New…

Kirk D. Read

The Importance of Language–Or: Why I Threw My Teenage Son's CDs into the Trash Can

The language kids hear and use certainly has changed since I was a youngster. What would have seemed shocking and…

Mary Ray Cate

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…