Of Odds and Gods

Three in our meeting community have been struck by tragedy: Sandy Mershon, John Ball, and Laura Murphy. Sandy died after…

Laura Murphy

Friends Don't Let Friends Drive

I applaud Keith Helmuth’s thorough essay, "Ecological Integrity and Religious Faith" (FJ Aug. 2001), and offer this piece to put…

Anne Felker

Features

My Car Died in Toronto

My car died in Toronto, three days before Christmas, 2000. Desperate to get to Ottawa, my home for over a…

Caroline Balderston Parry

A Global Nonviolent Peaceforce

People are discovering the power of active nonviolence," began seasoned peace activist and Friend David Hartsough at the start of…

Amber Gravett

The Meaning of "Bless You"

I once wrote a report about what it was like to stand in vigil alone for the initial minutes. On…

John Gallery

Reconsidering "I Approve"

Friends have a unique way of conducting business in which unity of all those assembled is sought on decision items.…

Stan Becker

A Warm Welcome to New Staff

Small Quaker organizations strongly reflect the individuals who do their work, hence finding good staff is of primary importance. Last…

Susan Corson-Finnerty

On Taking People to Court

I believe that it is contrary to the basic tenets of our Religious Society to take people to court over…

Lee B. Thomas Jr.

Firbank Fell's Challenge for 21st Century Quakerism

Sunday, June 13, 1652, about 1,000 people gathered on an isolated hillside in rural northern England to listen to a…

Peter Blood-Patterson

Conflict Resolution as a Sacred Practice

As a nurse educator with 25 years of clinical experience in mental health, I had long considered myself proficient in…

Pamela Minden

My Father's Peace

I am a member of the baby-boom generation, born after the GIs and G-gals came home from the Second World…

Robin Mello

Lilah

I saw the secret police downtown today," Lilah says. "How do you know they were secret police?" I ask. "A…

Lucy Aron

A Story about Grace

I have been reading and hearing a lot about God’s grace. What is meant by grace? I thought maybe you…

Mariellen O. Gilpin

True Celebrity

The best thing that happened to me at South Central Yearly Meeting (of which I am not a member) was…

Phyllis Hoge

Steve and Marlene Pedigo

He’s a city boy from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the second of five children who learned early to work and be self-sufficient.…

Kara Newell

Wind and Sun

I was listening in on a heated e-mail interchange about the American Friends Service Committee’s Afghan blanket project. Someone was…

Pamela 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…