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