The morning before Jack died I drew the death card and knew without question its symbolic as well as literal…

Contemplating "Friends in the Arts" has drawn me into thinking about Quakers and creativity, and how this vital force has…

Friends often seem to me not only puritanically suspicious of beauty, unless it occurs in nature—trees, landscapes, sunrises—but actually disapproving…

My own monthly meeting, Green Street, in Philadelphia, is not talkative during worship, and it is not uncommon for meeting…

The Viewpoint letter "Healthcare at the End of Life" (FJ Oct. 2001) addressed several concerns on which many of us…

“Ring the bells that still can ring. Forget your perfect offering. There’s a crack, a crack in everything That’s how…

To pay or not to pay—that is the dilemma. The issue of withholding portions of taxation is often fraught with…

When I joined Friends 58 years ago, I felt integrated into my meeting. Quakers enveloped me and permeated me; I…

The spiritual aspects of aging are wrapped up in the search that makes meaning out of life. There comes a…

Muriel (Mickey) Wesner Edgerton is openly self-effacing. Punctuated by her distinctive giggle, she characterizes herself as a "blabbermouth," an "extrovert,"…

In the weeks and months since September 11, I have spoken with a number of Friends who have felt led…

The Brazilian school system requires a 17-year-old student to decide on an occupation for the rest of one’s life—at least…