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Congratulations, Earlham School of Religion

Unprogrammed Friends are fond of saying that we’ve abolished the laity and each of us is called to a ministry.… SusanCorson-Finnerty

Learning to Speak Community

Last fall in a Quakerism 101 group I facilitated at Cincinnati Friends Meeting, a Friend spoke of a recent conversation… DonneHayden

Learning about the Real World of Ministry

Any change in one’s life has the potential to be transformative. Going to Earlham School of Religion was certainly so… RexJones

Vibrant Meetings Grow the Religious Society of Friends

In 2007, Friends World Committee for Consultation reported 35,413 unprogrammed Friends, about one-tenth of 1 percent of the U.S. population.… Lynn Fitz-Hugh

Ministry and Money in the Experience of Earlier Friends

The connection between money and ministry is such a hot-button issue for many unprogrammed Friends. It might be useful to… Marty Grundy

Friends' Attitudes toward Business in the USA

Unprogrammed liberal Friends today seem publicly almost uniformly negative about most business activity. I have been to talks at Pendle… Mark S. Cary

Toward a Just Peace in the Middle East: Report on an Interfaith Delegation

The delicate and complex issues of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the American Friends Service Committee role in the Middle East… Mary Ellen McNish

Friends and Other Quakers

Identity as a Quaker, a member of the Religious Society of Friends, is hard won. With no liturgy to speak… Sally Miller

Quakers in Bolivia

What did I know about Bolivia? Practically nothing, just the few facts I had learned in high school half a… Newton Garver

Father for a Day

When I first realized that my journey from Catholicism to Quakerism had reached a point of no return, one of… Shelagh Robinson
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Rebuilding Churches in Rural Alabama: One Volunteer’s Experience

From the September 1996 issue of Friends Journal. ost of the time when I hear of an injustice I feel… Kim Roberts
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George Fox Encouraged Singing in the Spirit

Did the Spirit inspire 17th century Friends to sing in God's worship? Walter W. Felton

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