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”But Who Is My Neighbor?
It was Wednesday night at the 2006 Friends General Conference Gathering in Tacoma, Washington. I had been spending the evening…
Thinking about Faithfulness
In 1986 I was a mother of young children, struggling, with my husband, to make ends meet on his salary…
The Nature of God
Where does the concept of God come from? We humans, as a sentient, introspective, inquisitive species, seek out answers to…
Could Any Friend Really Understand what It Feels Like for a Quaker Mom to have a Child who Is a Soldier?
Though I grew up and then served as pastor in a different denomination, I’ve been a lifelong pacifist, culminating in…
Knowing and Sharing Our Faith and Its Historical Influence
Why isn’t there a cross?" asks a young boy, visiting with his 5th grade class from North Carolina. "Where does…
The Friends of Truth: A Case for Reclaiming Our Earlier Name
Though most Friends have forgotten it (or never heard it in the first place), the Friends of Truth was our…
The Civil War Swords
They came to us, my husband and me, in 1977, after my mother-in-law died. Long ago she had laid them…
Conversations from the Heartland
A few years ago, I surprised myself and some friends—I sent out an e-mail to my homeschooling buddies, almost entirely…
The World Is Hungry for What We’ve Tasted
Friends today are called to the same radical work that has always driven us: to step back from the world…
Deep, Tall, and Wide
I’ve just arrived at the old stone house next to Amish fields where I spend the summers writing. One of…
The Need for Radical Acceptance
I’m a 26-year-old African American Quaker. There are parts of my life that seem typical to the lives of young…
Living Our Convictions
Faithfulness The first call is to God, to faithfulness. Out of faithfulness rises the call to live in peace. In…
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