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The Birth of Pendle Hill

Over the past two years, I have drawn great inspiration from learning more about the founding of Pendle Hill. The…

Pendle Hill: The Experiment Continues

Eighty years ago, Pendle Hill opened its doors as an experiment in Quaker educational community. It was experimental in at…

Pendle Hill Timeline

1915 The Woolman School, Pendle Hill’s predecessor, opens under the care of the Advancement Committee of Friends General Conference. 1925…

A Term At Pendle Hill

In 1992, my husband, John, and I came from England to be Friends-in-residence at Pendle Hill for the fall term.…

Fit For Freedom: A Weekend at Pendle Hill and My Own Self-Discovery

How would you react if you were told that George Fox did not condemn slaveholding outright? That William Penn, like…

Tradition at Pendle Hill

During the years Charlotte Fletcher added her sweetness and merriment to the Pendle Hill community, we celebrated her birthday by…

Let Us Speak of Trees

Raising its crown 100 feet above the Pendle Hill campus, the stately Canadian hemlock stands guard behind Main House. All…

A Touch of Enduring Beauty

Flash back about 30 years. It is obvious to me, as the staff head of the maintenance crew, that some…

The Fear That Was Not There

One morning on an early April day, I was given an opportunity to learn a lesson about being in the…

A Place to Sit By the Springs of Living Water

The idea sprouted in winter term 1983 during my second year on the Pendle Hill cooking team. I saw a…

27-down: Hoover’s Org. (3 letters): A Pendle Hill Ghost Story

[In March 1971, an unidentified activist group broke into the Media, Pa., FBI office and took hundreds of documents from…

The Best Thanksgiving of All

When I was living at home, and even as a college student, Thanksgiving was pretty much a bore to me.…
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