Friends Peacemaking in Burundi

It would be hard for people to kill each other when they have been laughing and crying together in such…

David Zarembka

Where the Light Shines Through

Every autumn I am reminded of a precious lesson I was once given, a glimpse of truth about the Light…

Ann Y. Robinson

Simplicity: A Testimony?

For some time, I have been puzzled about the Friends Testimony on Simplicity. The use of the word "simplicity" as…

Caroline Lanker

The 'Honest to God' Debate and Friends

The paperback Honest to God, by John A. T. Robinson, Bishop of Woolwich in England, has apparently sold more quickly…

Larry Miller

Saving Our Earth, One Letter at a Time

Like most of us, my wife, Betsy, and I want to leave the world a bit better for our having…

Arden Buck

Meeting God in a Bank

Shortly after my 30th birthday, I met God for the first time in my life. I was in a bank…

Cathy Habschmidt

A Quaker on Omaha Beach

I was the lone Quaker on Omaha Beach, one of the Allied Powers’ landing sites in Normandy on D-Day. I…

John Bryer

Planned World Gathering of Young Friends

The World Gathering of Young Friends will take place August 16-24, 2005, at Lancaster University, UK and will gather around…

Rachel Elizabeth Stacy

The Meaning of Peace

"If you could have one thing, what would it be?" The classic answer to this question, of course, is world…

Kelly Schoolmeester

Beginning Where We Are

Years ago my husband, Adam, was the national organizer for the Shakertown Pledge. Drafted during the 1970s by a group…

Susan Corson-Finnerty

Becoming an Instrument of Peace

To walk a path of peace in a country that is deeply involved in war brings us to our growing…

Anne C. Highland

Only the Wounded Can Heal

At a meeting for worship a Friend quoted the Greek philosopher, Heraclitus, as saying: "Only the wounded can heal." My…

Elizabeth Watson

Simplicity, Poverty, and Gender in the Indian State of Kerala

Puzzles fascinate me. When the Scientific American labeled Kerala a mystery inside an enigma, I was hooked. In this tiny…

William M. Alexander

Meeting God Halfway

One Way to Engage in a Quaker Witness on Economic Justice and Ecological Concern I invite you to consider a…

Gray Cox

The Prophecy of Mary Peisley Neale

Mary Peisley was born into a Quaker family in Ballymore, County Kildare, Ireland, in 1717. At age 27, she was…

Paul Buckley

God's Way and Human Will

For saith Christ, which is the Word of God, My sheep hear my voice and they follow me; and I…

Margery Post Abbott

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…