Pray without Ceasing

Tapping into the spiritual resources of the universe.

Chester Freeman

Friends Committee on National Legislation Approves Policy on Abortion

FCNL approved a policy on abortion and other reproductive issues at its November 2023 annual meeting.

Finding Peace with Ourselves, Family, and Neighbors

Introduction to our January issue.

To Err Is Human; To Forgive Is Human Too

How do we seek forgiveness and give forgiveness to others?

A Prayer of Blessing and Forgiveness

Reconciling with my deceased mother.

Finding Peace after Trauma

A seeker finds release from fear and pain in Friends worship.

Bringing Our Guilt to the Light

Acknowledging the harms we have inflicted.

War, Debt, Grief, and Restorative Justice

Reconciliation and forgiveness around the world.

Forgiveness

Listen for the story / of her life as it enters, / drifts of smoke in still air.

Talon

Bobcat looks back / Her tendons steam / Eyes question compulsion to pounce

Forgiveness

It mists up from the lakes, rivers, and oceans / like Rilke’s “Solitude,” stealing over us softly—

Forum, January 2024

Letters from our readers.

Uncrossing the Wires

We need to discern where Spirit is calling us now and get rid of anything that is getting in the way.

Quakerly Gadflies

Most definitions of the word gadfly make people like me sound like pests, but that’s not how I see it.

QuakerSpeak, January 2024

“Most Quakers still don’t know our history as participants in this enterprise of forced assimilation of Native people,” Paula Palmer…

Our Top Five Articles for 2023

Let's look at this year's most widely read features.

Writing Opp: Membership

We are accepting article for our May 2024 issue. The due date is Feb. 19, 2024.

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A row of Friends sitting in silent worship at meeting.