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Sita Diehl and Melinda Wenner Bradley
Rolling Through Fox Country
In September 2010, I was privileged to organize a tour of Fox country for a group from my yearly meeting.…
Herb Haigh
Parting Time
The end came early and unexpectedly for my friend Sue, and in a few days I will join her family…
StephenRedding
The 2009 Quaker Women’s Conference: Radical Woman – Abiding Love!
In order to hear another’s perspective, one must be an open channel: to the other person’s needs, expressions, to your…
PamelaDraper
A Tribute to the Gathering – And to My Father
Nine years ago, my father and I drove from our home in Philadelphia to the 2000 Friends General Conference Gathering…
Carl Sigmond
At the Gathering: A Lesson on Invisibility
Although I have less to report about the 2009 summer Gathering than I would prefer, due to another long week…
Hilary B. Bisenieks
Sandy's Orders
Sandy Mershon grew up in a large Catholic family, one of eight children, all brought up in the faith of…
Mary Ann Downey
Visiting Agatha
I was an untrained amateur leading a self- help group for the mentally ill. Statistics were grim: in my first…
Mariellen O. Gilpin
The Mystery of Being a Neighbor
Toward the end of my Gathering workshop I wrote, "Fear that this experience will have no significant impact on my…
Robert Renwick
On Listening
When I ask you to listen to me and you start by giving advice, you have not done what I…
Ralph Roughton
Thinking About Women
The New Year has barely begun as I sit to write this column. I am still flush with the blessings…
Susan Corson-Finnerty
Remembering Patricia
I met her at work, answered when she called our hotline and, later that day, welcomed her at our shelter…
Janeal Ravndal
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