Reflecting on Coleridge

I find it wise and human to believe, on slight evidence, opinions the contrary of which cannot be proved, and…

Spencer Coxe

The Web of Concern

One of the wonders I experience as senior editor for FRIENDS JOURNAL is watching as articles, most of which are…

Robert Dockhorn

The Secret of Torture

The spiritual consequences of secrets are sudden potholes in integrity, surprises, and struggles to keep a secret hidden rather than…

John Calvi

Are Animals Our Neighbors?

Taking the View From Below Nutrition expert and activist Neal Barnard once made a presentation to elementary school students. As…

Gracia Fay Ellwood

Quaker Testimonies and Planet Earth

I believe we are living a holy experiment on this Earth. I truly believe that God inspired Jesus to share…

Stephen L. Angell

Finding Home at The Meeting School

I spent my sophomore and junior years of high school at The Meeting School, a small Quaker boarding school on…

Shoshanna Brady

Reviving the Grassroots Movement to Ban Landmines

The tsunami hit Sri Lanka, scooping away wide portions of earth and killing more than 200,000 children, women, and men,…

Scott Stedjan

Freedom and Power

It was the day after a heavy spring rain when I ventured out to take a walk in Wildwood, a…

Ruth A. Wilson

Welcoming Children, Boisterous and Gentle

People came to the special meeting in their own God-given way. Some Quakers stumbled in, refusing any help from family…

Elizabeth Claggett-Borne

Cross and Cord

Around my neck I wear a small bronze cross on a brown cord. Every morning I take it from the…

Wayne H. Swanger

Taking Steps toward Peace

For me, Easter is a particularly powerful time to reflect on the teachings and example of Jesus. Living during a…

Susan Corson-Finnerty

Is Modern Marriage a Fraud?

I have practiced family law for more than 20 years. More recently, I have tried to reduce that aspect of…

Marian Henriquez Neudel

The Kingdom of the Committee and the Garbage Dump of God

For the last few years, Northern Yearly Meeting (FGC) and El Salvador Yearly Meeting (evangelical in character) have been building…

Katherine Griffith

The Passion of the Christ: Thoughts Prompted by a Discussion about the Film

At a local cinema, in a small town in New Zealand, The Passion of the Christ was showing. While I…

Tanya Garland

Shake before Opening

Most of us experience an internal struggle before participating in vocal ministry. The shy child within us can hold us…

Chip Thomas

Jesus and Quakerism

Leer en español Because we have no creed, Quakers cannot claim uniformity of belief about the facts of Jesus’ life…

Dorothy Hutchinson

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…