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A Perspective on the Peace Testimony

When I applied for membership in the Religious Society of Friends ten years ago, it was easy to tell my…

John Andrew Gallery

The Willoughbys on Pacifism

Ironically, few issues have divided Quakers more than war-making and peacemaking. A favorite image of Quakers in the wider world…

Gregory A. Barnes

‘The Power,’ Quaking, and the Rediscovery of Primitive Quakerism

"The Power of the Lord," or just simply, "The Power," was a very important concept to the early Quakers, but…

Listening Lessons

Only lunatics hear the voice of God—and saints (who don’t live around here anyway). This I knew to be true…

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Viral coming-out video raises LGBTQ issues at George Fox University

Reid Arthur, a senior theater major at George Fox University (GFU) in Newberg, Ore., was already out as gay to…

Quaking with Confidence

I’d like to clear up right away a question that seems to crop up repeatedly at these more public…

Ben Pink Dandelion

February 2016 Books

Early Quakers and Their Theological Thought: 1647–1723

Edited by Stephen W. Angell and Pink Dandelion. Cambridge University Press, 2015. 340 pages. $120/hardcover; $96/eBook. “An institution is the…

Reviewed by Brian Drayton

Forum, February 2013

The value of silence I very much enjoyed the latest issue on hospitality (FJ, December 2012), and especially Terry Miller’s…

Meetings for Learning

When I think of writing about Quaker higher education in general, and the Resident Program at Pendle Hill in particular,…

June/July Books 2012

A Lively Faith: Reflections on Iowa Yearly Meeting of Friends (Conservative) By Callie Marsh. FGC QuakerPress, 2011. 102 pages. $14.95/paperback. Reviewed…