It was a hot, early fall afternoon, and we had stopped near the U.S./Canadian border to get gas and refresh…

Sixty-two of us gathered in prayerful silence. This was the culmination of our searching, of seven long years of workshops…

It’s the 21st century, and we Quakers are still doing it, traveling in pairs great distances to nurture small and…

A characteristic practice at meetings for business of Friends General Conference’s Central Committee is reading the minutes out loud to…

July is a month when things slow down (at least in theory!), kids are on vacation, and families may choose…

If every community had a young person who cared enough about his brothers and sisters who were hurting—and who started…

One Friday morning during a Pendle Hill prayer class, Chris Ravndal introduced us to a prayer form he called "Creating…

Judy: When Denis and I were asked to give the Michener lecture, I was daunted by the realization that we…

Beyond the forest, at the edge of the swamp, a little red-speckled ladybug crawled slowly up the stem of an…

We sit there silently, staring off into space. The benches all face the middle of the room, keeping us centered.…

Bob Philbrook is as vibrant, confident, and energetic as anyone you’ll ever meet. He also happens to have gotten polio…

Perhaps one of the most difficult dilemmas presented by our Quaker testimonies is the tension between seeking to address that…