Callings

While I have only spoken out of the silence once, I have felt urges to speak in other parts of…

Emily Holzer

James Nayler: The Lessons of Discernment

Friends encounter James Nayler mostly as an object lesson. They tend to know that he was an important early leader,…

Brian Drayton

Seeking Guidance

Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents and harmless…

Susan Corson-Finnerty

Knowing and Not Knowing

As a member of the delegation whose trip inspired Stanley Zarowin’s article, "A Visit to Israel by a Quaker Jew…

Arlene Kelly

Shalom: Much More than Just 'Peace'

I begin with two queries: To what extent might our opposition to war be diverting us from addressing the conditions…

Anthony Prete

A Bolt of Color

This year, a high point of the Friends General Conference Gathering for me was, like so much that happens in…

Katrina Mason

The Fruits of Service at the Gathering: A First-Timer's Lesson

The prompting came during a time of worship I had set aside for seeking clarity for a ministry to which…

Hamsa O'Doherty

The Peaceful Pedal Cab

Friends General Conference provided the opportunity for an unconventional form of peace witness at the Gathering this year by allowing…

Kim Carlyle

Praying with Body and Soul

Body and Soul being as thoroughly linked as they are, one may ponder on the constraints that straight-backed benches, pews,…

Elizabeth Boardman

John Dickinson (1732–1808): Quaker Statesman?

John Dickinson, statesman, author. In influential writings 1765-74, argued against British policies. Later, as a member of Continental Congress, 1774-76,…

Alice M. Hoffman

Rites of Passage into Adulthood

This year, our small meeting (about 25 attenders of all ages per week) began a new practice—celebrating the coming of…

A. Malcolm Campbell

How Much Diversity?

When Friends Journal announced last fall our intention to publish a special issue on Diversity among Friends, we gave the…

Susan Corson-Finnerty

The Common Source of Law and Religion

We often think of law and religion as very different in nature, and in many ways they are. Religion finds…

Daniel Clark

Why Do Friends Need Diversity?

The discernment of God’s will is not easy. A person’s hearing of the "still, small voice" in silent worship is…

Patience A. Schenck

Towards a Peaceable Community: An Invitation to Co- Creation

Being a Quaker is my primary identity, and I consider my monthly meeting to be my primary community. My devotion…

La Verne Shelton

Moving toward Wholeness: Addressing Race among Friends

George Fox admonished Friends "to know one another in that which is eternal." In building our communities and in providing…

Patricia McBee and Vanessa Julye

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…