Mary Penington (1625-1682)

Mary Penington’s name is usually mentioned first because she was married to Isaac, and secondarily as mother of Gulielma, William…

Brian Drayton

Celebrating 50 Years

This month we begin a yearlong celebration of Friends Journal. Our first issue was published on July 2, 1955, a…

Susan Corson-Finnerty

How would George Fox respond to terrorism?

William Hanson’s excellent article "Police Power for Peace" (FJ Aug. 2004), brought to mind the thinking and views of George…

John Spears

The Gift of Thinking Differently

Larry was a jerk. Everyone thought so, though we never used that word. We called him eccentric, cantankerous, or rough…

James Mulholland

Our Theological Illiteracy

We have heard a good deal of late about our theological illiteracy as Friends, and we are likely to hear…

Henry J. Cadbury

The Bible and Same-Sex Relationships

We Quakers have been wrestling with the issue of same-sex relationships for some time, at least since Alastair Heron and…

Catherine Griffith

Giving of Self

Several months ago, my spiritual path led me to an operating table where I donated a kidney to a recipient…

Michael Resman

Police and Community: Building Peace

Late one night in March 2001, in Hackensack, New Jersey, two young men—reputed gangsters and lifelong buddies—got into an argument.…

Paul Hamell

A Response to a Mugging

The morning was Friday, hot and muggy; the month July. I was in the parking lot of Friendship House, a…

Sharon A. Buttry

A Quaker Network for the Prevention of Violent Conflict

From April 1 to 5, 2004, around 50 representatives of international Quaker organizations met in Kakamega, Kenya, for the fifth…

Bridget Moix

Peace in the World, Peace among Friends

Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another; love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous: not…

Mary Ellen McNish

Some Thoughts on Mystical Experiences

Yesterday I went for a walk by the lake, and I had a mystical experience—that’s what I am calling it…

Amy Kesegich

Economics from an Indigenous Perspective

Both David Morse ("A Quaker Response to Economic Globalization," FJ May) and Jack Powelson ("Economics by innuendo and error," Viewpoint,…

Margaret A. Kidd

The Divine Source of Vocal Ministry

It was one of those pristine June days in New England, with bright sunshine and a steady breeze to keep…

Benjamin Lloyd

Meetings for Learning

When I think of writing about Quaker higher education in general, and the Resident Program at Pendle Hill in particular,…

Chris Ravndal

A Correspondence on Economics

Pamela (December 13, 2001) I’m puzzling, as usual, over what to do with all I know about what’s wrong in…

Walter Haines

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…