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The Weekend: Thoughts on Community

That weekend started the week before, when it snowed almost two feet on Thursday and Friday morning. I spent a…

Paul Hamell

Considering Prayer

Not long ago, I sat down to a tall stack of correspondence, manuscripts, email, and other things that have piled…

Susan Corson-Finnerty

Police and Community: Building Peace

Late one night in March 2001, in Hackensack, New Jersey, two young men—reputed gangsters and lifelong buddies—got into an argument.…

Paul Hamell

Finding Dropt Letters

The Religious Society of Friends contains a number of very active members who attend worship every week, yet do not…

Paul Hamell

My Year of Cancer

At a recent gathering of Friends, the discussion leader asked us each to describe a joy we had brought with…

Paul Hamell