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Forgiveness: An Amish Lesson for the Rest of Us?
The Amish belief in forgiveness serves as a peaceful method for effecting successful negotiations and mediations. It serves the purpose…
Christ-Centeredness & Quaker Identity
I have a memory of a member of my monthly meeting responding to the news that some meetings have pastors,…
A Few Thoughts about Marriage
Three Weddings, One Marriage
We did not set out to have three weddings. We were both married before and were in our 50s and…
Transitioning in the Light: A Quaker Community's Journey across the Gender Divide
I was feeling terribly alone on that cold February evening as I placed the call to Carole Hoage. Muscles knotted…
When My Meeting Had My Back
Bitter laughter isn’t my usual response when I look into my new issue of Friends Journal, but a few years…
The Peace Gathering: An Overview
From January 13 through 17, 2009, at Arch Street Meetinghouse in Philadelphia, nearly 400 people from 48 Christian denominations and…
The Intersection of Faith and Practice
In prayer and silence, this small Scripture was impressed on my heart: "Whosoever holds on to their life will lose…
Finding Truth through Relationships
It's in the Air
With change in the air these days, I find myself reassessing my commitments of time and energy—and I sense that…
Unapproved Minutes from the Peaceable Kingdom
The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf…
A Quaker Koan: How Can I Help without Doing Anything to Help?
A koan is a Buddhist mechanism for opening to a larger reality by presenting a situation that cannot possibly be…
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