Quaker House at the United Nations

Imagine you are in the living room of your home. Now imagine the same scene, except that in addition to…

Lori Heninger

Jesus in Stillness and Love

In the fall of 1999 I traveled with a longtime friend to Israel. From Haifa we drove to Vered HaGalil,…

John Pitts Corry

A Visit to Israel by a Quaker Jew Born in Palestine

For years I vowed never to return to Palestine, my birthplace, because, as a Jew—albeit a secular Jew—I felt a…

Stanley Zarowin

Peacemonger: Stories form the Cold War in Berlin

Reaching the advanced age of 77 gives one leave to reminisce. I have been privileged to love and be loved.…

Paul Cates

Failure to Disperse

When I woke up that morning, I had no intention of getting arrested. I coaxed myself out of bed, drank…

Melinda E. Glines

Meetinghouse

Through the windows I watch the rainfall. It comes down gently at first, dusting the trees and benches with its…

Brynne Howard

Preparing for Hard Times

As I write, I’ve just returned from the Friends General Conference Gathering in Johnstown, Pa., where we collectively spent a…

Susan Corson-Finnerty

Quaker Spiritual Disciplines for Hard Times

an the spiritual disciplines of early Friends help us through hard times in the 21st century? The very question of…

Patricia McBee

Vignettes of an Antiwar Vet

Introduction I have written these vignettes for Susan, the little girl I had to leave behind when I went to…

Lyle Tatum

Walking the Walk: Ian Fritz

Protest in Skokie In 2000, Ian Fritz, a member of Milwaukee (Wis.) Meeting, experienced a life-changing event. On Decem-ber 16,…

Breeze E. Luetke-Stahlman

Kindness of the Night

I do a 3 to 5 a.m. shift once a month at a homeless shelter that is run by a…

Marcia Z. Nelson

Traveling in Turkey

I. Turkish Countryside, December 2000 Minarets point past Greek, Roman, Christian ruins, across dry landscapes. Sun-leathered farmers till small fields,…

Caroline Balderston Parry

An Aspect of Continuing Revelation?

Since the dawn of history, religious traditions have been giving birth to poets and mystics. Quakerism also has had its…

Judith Reynolds Brown

Carved in Stone

When Karin Sprague’s father-in-law died suddenly in 1996 she knew what she would do with the rest of her life.…

Anita Fritz and Karin Sprague

2002 State of the Meeting Reports

A deeper sense of fellowship in meetings for worship was experienced by Friends in monthly meetings from Maine to Hawaii…

Robert Marks

Welcome to Newcomers

Although I grew up with Quaker neighbors next door who were close family friends (and relatives who’d joined Friends), and…

Susan Corson-Finnerty

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…