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What I Really Learned at ESR

They look a lot like me. That was one of my first thoughts when I arrived at Earlham School of… JBrentBill

A Family Responds to Suspicionless Drug Testing

he whole issue started in the spring of 2006 when I was a freshman in high school. The school district… Gilbert Ambler

Up on the Mountaintop

The morning was freezing cold in Mitchellville, Maryland, as we drove to the train station. Maria and I had flown… James A. Fletcher

Christ-Centeredness & Quaker Identity

I have a memory of a member of my monthly meeting responding to the news that some meetings have pastors,… R. Scot Miller

The Nurture of Quaker Marriages

This article has two themes, both of which address what it means to be married under the care of the… Ruth Peterson

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… Alexie Torres-Fleming

My Year of Cancer

At a recent gathering of Friends, the discussion leader asked us each to describe a joy we had brought with… Paul Hamell

My Journey among Friends

I found the Religious Society of Friends when I was in middle school. An unpopular, misunderstood, "sensitive" child, I didn’t… Kevin-Douglas G. Olive

Be Still and Cool: Quakerism and the Passionate Life

Summer solstice. Miles above the Arctic Circle, on the calm Norwegian Sea, I leaned over the ship’s rail. Sunlight flared… Heidi Hart

Yo! Are You Amish?

Driving down Philadelphia’s South Street a few years ago, I was asked by a person who had pulled up next… Max Carter

Unobstructed Love

The problem with unobstructed love is that it’s rarely understood. Maybe that’s because it does not appear like any other… John Calvi

Kindling a Spark: Young Friends Voicing a Need for a Radical, Spiritual Quakerism

You know what time it is, how it is now the moment for you to wake from sleep. . .… Anna Obermayer
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