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Looking Back, Looking Forward

Friends Journal has been a steady companion on my spiritual journey since I began attending meeting over 35 years ago.… Liz Yeats

Sharing Our Truths

As a student of print journalism, I am riveted by discussions around the detachment needed in balanced writing on any… Rebecca Howe

The Meaning of Peace

"If you could have one thing, what would it be?" The classic answer to this question, of course, is world… Kelly Schoolmeester

Reflecting on Coleridge

I find it wise and human to believe, on slight evidence, opinions the contrary of which cannot be proved, and… Spencer Coxe

The Web of Concern

One of the wonders I experience as senior editor for FRIENDS JOURNAL is watching as articles, most of which are… Robert Dockhorn

The Secret of Torture

The spiritual consequences of secrets are sudden potholes in integrity, surprises, and struggles to keep a secret hidden rather than… John Calvi

Is Modern Marriage a Fraud?

I have practiced family law for more than 20 years. More recently, I have tried to reduce that aspect of… Marian Henriquez Neudel

Comments on the review of When the Rain Returns

I was deeply saddened by Stanley Zarowin’s review of When the Rain Returns: Toward Justice and Reconciliation in Palestine and… Deborah J. Garner

'Moral Values' and FCNL's Legislative Agenda

There has been a good deal of postelection discussion of the role that "moral values" played in the outcome of… Elizabeth W. Hofmeister

Service: Prisoners Doing Ministry

Some time ago I heard a story about a visitor to a Quaker meeting. After a while the visitor leaned… John Mandala

Who, After All, is a Caring Friend?

As I walked through the living room this morning, three colorful balloons and a bouquet of daffodils reminded me of… Gilbert L. Johnston

Economics by Innuendo and Error

David Morse’s "A Quaker Response to Economic Globalization" (FJ May) exhibits many errors in economics. He is correct to sympathize… Jack Powelson
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