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Melinda Wenner Bradley

The Quaker Sweat Lodge

My experience growing up in a Quaker meeting has been, in part, the catalyst for my present ministry with youth.…

Queries for Activist-Minded Quakers

Queries: In contemplation on our inner guidance toward action, do we search the Bible and other sources of spiritual wisdom…

Phil Lord

Convinced Friend? Phil Lord, a Philadelphia lawyer, describes himself as "hooked." "When I started private practice with Hal Commons, our…

My Answer to September 11

My name is Peter Croce and I am 11 years old. I am a member of DeLand Worship Group, which…

Courage and Compassion

It is a joy and a challenge, but also often a frustration, to prepare issues of Friends Journal months in…

AFSC and the Terrorist War

American Friends Service Committee was created in war, and it has nearly as much experience and—I would say—more wisdom in…

Peace Is Patriotic

So we're at war.

Gender, Integrity, and Spirituality: A Personal Journey

For most of the first 40 years of my life I would not have said that I was a very…

Learning from Sarah Douglass

In 1833, Sarah Mapps Douglass, an African American educator, moved from her home in Philadelphia to New York City to…

A Quaker Feminist’s Perspective on Transsexual Concerns

From the January 2002 issue of Friends Journal What moves me, a biological woman who is happy with my lot,…

An Honors Retreat in Colorado

It’s lonely out on the front lines. Ask anyone who’s spent time working with homeless people, or with children on…

A Meeting Housed in a Condominium

Faith can move mountains, or in this case, move a monthly meeting from a classroom to its own space, a…

Seeking Light in Dark Times

The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness,…

Advent: Darkness, Waiting, Light, and Hope

Last year, as Advent approached, it was the beginning of a very difficult time for me and my family. The…

Thoughts on Suffering and a Miracle

Suffering and unhappiness are normal parts of the human condition; we shouldn’t be surprised when they show up. They accompany…

God the Trickster?

Our son brought Marge Abbott’s essay "In the Belly of the Whale" to me during my stay in a South…

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