Adult Young Friends

Spiritual Direction as a Resource for Friends

Friends come to their meetings out of some kind of spiritual hunger—a desire for belonging and encouragement in making the…

Finding a Way Forward

The most remarkable event in the long, sad saga of the Quaker Sweat Lodge (QSL) controversy took place at the…

A Convergence of Friends

This spring I hosted an unusual dinner party: nine Quakers from Ohio, Oregon, and California, gathered for fellowship, dialogue, and…

The World Is Hungry for What We’ve Tasted

Friends today are called to the same radical work that has always driven us: to step back from the world…

The Need for Radical Acceptance

I’m a 26-year-old African American Quaker. There are parts of my life that seem typical to the lives of young…

The Prophetic Journey

In a time of perpetual war and violence, unprecedented greed, and environmental devastation, the Religious Society of Friends, with some…

''Visions of Quaker Ministry

I’m writing here on the experiences I’ve had growing up as a liberal Quaker in the North and what I’ve…

Quakerism for One

"Mariah, come to the office! You have a letter!" My boss was as shocked and excited as I was. It…

The 'Quaker sweat' is an important rite of passage

I read with concern the letters in the December 2005 Forum regarding the Quaker sweat lodge and Friends General Conference.…