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Good Order of Friends

Clearness Committees at the Crossroads of Our Working Lives

The fork in the road—it’s an experience that affects many of us at one time or another in the course… William A. Charland Jr.

Walk Tall: Spoken Ministry among Friends

I came out of the grocery store carrying a small bag and almost immediately spoke in meeting. There, not 50… Dwight L. Wilson

Can Friends of diversified thinking remain united?

What a great week the Gathering was! I felt like a country boy attending his first county fair. There were… Eldon Morey

The Meaning of Disagreements

My first FWCC event was a dinner somewhere near Boston during the 1987 50th Anniversary Campaign. I don’t recall what… Elizabeth Cazden

Please respect the need for privacy

Every year, I eagerly await the Gathering. It is the one week of the year that is completely mine. I… Linda Goldstein

God Does Not Need Your Cash

So there I was . . . On Saturday night, most weeks of my childhood, freshly scrubbed out of the… Peggy Senger Parsons

Strengths, Weaknesses, and Clerking

I was minding my own business one day when the idea came to me that someday, someone would ask me… Mariellen Gilpin

Is thee truly a Friend?

I have been led to write this and ask it of all who will listen. This is a leading that… James Wilkerson

Managing Conflict and Natural Resources through Good Clerking: The Legacy of Gilbert F. White

Gilbert Fowler White, one of the world’s foremost geographers and a member of the Religious Society of Friends, died in… Robert E. Hinshaw

Giving Attention to Our Leadings

The most precious gift Friends have to offer is our worship and the leadings that come from it. Yet this… Shirley Dodson

On Answering Terror: Responses to War and Peace after 9/11/01

Answering Terror is an anthology of articles and reflections, largely drawn from Friends Journal, that deal with Quaker reactions to… Walter Wink

Challenging Certainty

I believe that Friends are called to reflect anew on our relationship with animals. This concern dates back at least… Scott Simon
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