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Allowing Ourselves to Be Bold

The experience of Earth Quaker Action Team.

George Lakey

No Swearing for 250 Years

For over 350 years, members of the Religious Society of Friends have maintained that it is wrong to swear an…

DavidWTBrattston

Time to Lay Down William Penn’s Sword

The story of William Penn and his sword is deeply embedded in Quaker mythology; so deeply, it seems, that it…

Paul Buckley

The Prophecy of Mary Peisley Neale

Mary Peisley was born into a Quaker family in Ballymore, County Kildare, Ireland, in 1717. At age 27, she was…

Paul Buckley

John Greenleaf Whittier: A Bicentennial Reflection

The birthday of one of the United States’ most popular Quakers was once a national event. Around the firesides and…

Thomas Becknell

Congratulations, Earlham School of Religion

Unprogrammed Friends are fond of saying that we’ve abolished the laity and each of us is called to a ministry.…

SusanCorson-Finnerty

Let’s Grow Together: Interview with Jacob Nelson

We are all Quakers: Let’s grow together.

Jon Berry

Homosexuality: A Plea to Read the Bible Together

Homosexuality is the issue that most threatens to create new schisms in the world of Quakers. Yet it could be the controversy that will draw us all more closely together.

Douglas C. Bennett

Books October 2014

Book reviews

Staff

Inward Power

Continuing revelation implies we are continuing from somewhere.

Gene Hillman