Adult Young Friends

Being a Friendly Adult Presence in the Lives of Young Friends: What Would Tom Fox Do?

My 15-year-old son Jonathan dragged his tired body in the door, trailing his sleeping bag and pillow, exhausted but with…

Young Friends Need More Substance

What I have appreciated most about Friends is the way they have welcomed me into their Religious Society, both in…

Finding Our Place as Young Adult Friends

Sometimes I feel as though I lived during the period of Quietism in Quaker history. I attended what may be…

Forging the Ties that Bind: Supporting Quaker Youth

I have often wondered why I alone of my three siblings am still active in Quaker circles. We all attended…

A Young Friend at the UN

Upon graduating from Beloit College last year, I began work at Quaker United Nations Office in New York as a…

A Letter from Bolivia

Fourth Month, Fifth Day, 2007 Dear friends and family, I know that it has only been a week since I…

Interning at FCNL

Graduating from college, moving away from home, and starting a first post-graduation job are rites of passage into the adult…

En mi barrio: A young Friend’s Neighborhood

Like the prince in an elaborate ballet he spins deftly and, with a practiced thrust, knocks his opponent’s épée to…

Fala Hates War

Pablo Picasso’s Peace Dove is tattooed on my right shoulder. I rarely get angry and almost never raise my voice.…

Could Any Friend Really Understand what It Feels Like for a Quaker Mom to have a Child who Is a Soldier?

Though I grew up and then served as pastor in a different denomination, I’ve been a lifelong pacifist, culminating in…

A Perspective on the Quaker Sweat Lodge

I am responding to Chuck Fager’s recent letter on Friends General Conference and the Quaker Sweat Lodge ("Finding a Way…

A Quaker Speaks from the Black Experience

The history, role, and involvement of African Americans in the Religious Society of Friends have been subjects of long-standing interest…
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