A Quaker Painter's Challenge

Most everyone has a private challenge. Some are difficult obstacles to overcome, like mountain climbing. Others involve winning races, building…

John B. Satterthwaite

German Quakers and the Trial of George Grosz

It was 1930, and in Germany the Weimar Republic was visibly in a state of imminent collapse as an ever-intensifying…

Mary Mills

Pacifism that Doesn't Pull Punches

As far as I know, I come from a long line of bad Quakers. Only two stories have come down…

Lucinda Antrim

Civil Discourse in Turbulent Times

Out of this current round of political-economic turbulence arises the query of when and how to speak truth to power.…

Bob Morse

Chris and Olga Ahrens

When we married," Ollie says, "we agreed from the start that we wouldn’t build our life on owning things." It’s…

Kathryn Parke

What Does Faithfulness Require?

It is late January as I write, and I find myself pondering what will have happened by the time this…

Susan Corson-Finnerty

A Social Movement that Could Abolish War

Our Peace Testimony stands out as central to our faith. Simply stated, we commit ourselves to not participating in the…

Kent R. Larrabee

The Invisible World

When I was a small child, I can remember a time when I was caught doing something I should not…

John C. Morgan

Be Cool, Not Hot

To better understand an adult’s behavior, psychologists often investigate the individual’s childhood experience. Events that take place in the early…

Dean Sherwin

The Word and the Spirit: Scripture and Context in Theology

"The principle source of truth must be the Truth itself. When we trace a stream to the place where it…

Keith R. Maddock

Jesus Came to My Door One Sunday Morning

Jesus came to my door one Sunday morning, but it wasn’t a convenient time. The night before Jesus arrived, I…

Dolph Ward Goldenburg

The Body as Temple

I’ve spent over ten years in the habit of listening to people’s bodies. I let my hands guide my spirit…

Anna Stookey

The Gift of Chemical Awareness

My life has brought me many gifts. Some I’ve appreciated, others I’ve sought to return. I’ve discovered that when events…

Alicia Adams

Friends and Fragrances

As the weather improves later in the year, more encounters with other Friends may take place as part of a…

Gerry Glodek

Joe Franko

Joe Franko became a Quaker through a brief friendship with Rick, a conscientious objector he met in Vietnam in the…

Kara Newell

Learning about Conscientious Objection

Activist Frances Crowe of Massachusetts has worked on peace issues for several decades. She visited our meeting in Putney, Vermont,…

Nancy Lang

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…