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Author George Lakey reads “Equality among Today’s Vikings”

FJ Podcast: When I was a young adult getting to know Friends, one of the testimonies that most surprised and intrigued me was equality. My home church had been comfortable with hierarchy. The Quakers I met dressed simply and told me stories about early Friends who’d been jailed for not showing sufficient respect to “their betters.”

George Lakey

Equality among Today’s Vikings

Quaker testimonies don't have to be compromised in politics.

George Lakey

Lillian and George Willoughby

Raspberries, bread, serendipity, and nonviolence. Lillian and George Willoughby, members of Central Philadelphia (Pa.) Meeting, were engaged with many projects…

Lynne Shivers

The Fiery Forge of Polarization

History shows that moments of political polarization are opportunities for change.

George Lakey

The Middle-class Capture of Quakerism and Quaker Process

A conversation with George Lakey.

Donald W. McCormick

How We Win: A Guide to Nonviolent Direct Action Campaigning

By George Lakey. Melville House, 2018. 224 pages. $16.99/paperback; $13.99/eBook (title available December 2018). In June 1934 Quaker biblical scholar…

Reviewed by Steve Chase

Allowing Ourselves to Be Bold

The experience of Earth Quaker Action Team.

George Lakey

Fifty-Second Street

The thermometer read 102 degrees. Two-year-old Christina lay in bed crying, her tan face red with fever as she turned…

George R. Lakey

''Walking Cheerfully … with a Vision in Our Pockets

Is it just me, or are others running into more cynical, escapist, or despairing people these days? My Christian conservative…

George Lakey

On The Value Of Conflict

Unresolved conflict can leave a relationship so broken that people are unable to find a way back to one other.

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