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9/11/02: A day of Remembrance?

The commemorative events on the first anniversary of 9/11 make it seem likely that that date will evolve into another… Cliff Marrs

Praying for Peace

The holidays are upon us, bringing with them the consideration of how to simplify the way we celebrate the birth… Susan Corson-Finnerty

What Are the Actual Costs of War?

Friends should discuss their differences regarding our Peace Testimony. Yet recent debates in Friends Journal sometimes seem to be a… Marilyn Dell Brady

What Are We to Do about Our Leaders?

I’m grateful to my monthly meeting that since the beginning of the ’90s it has supported my ministry of religious… George R. Lakey

It's Time to Witness to Truth

It is no secret that Saddam Hussein has stayed in power for many years with the tacit approval of our… Susan Corson-Finnerty

Pioneering the Possibilities

A year has passed since the devastating attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. This month there will… Susan Corson-Finnerty

Essay on War

At the onset of the American Revolution, a group of New Jersey and Pennsylvania Quakers issued a four-page broadside declaring… Cameron McWhirter

Peaceable Communities in a Time of Conflict

Between 1993 and 1996 I lived in Jerusalem, where I did peace work for the Mennonite Central Committee. Recent events… Chip Poston

2001 State of the Meeting Reports

In the shadow of September 11 and the ensuing war against terrorism, Friends in their monthly meetings have experienced a… Robert Marks

Can Love Really Overcome Violence and Hate? Reflections on the Friends Peace Testimony

Dear Friends, when you first invited me to speak on the Peace Testimony last summer, I was working at Friends… Mary Lord

Fighting Pacifism

September 15, 2001: In the midst of unprecedented horror, I sense we have somehow been here before. The radio plays… Beth Taylor

Let Suffering Stop Here

I’ve recently read an article in the New York Times detailing the Bush administration’s plans to launch an attack on… Susan Corson-Finnerty
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