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Sustainability for the Rest of Us

As I commit increasingly to obedience to God, I have become more confused about my place in the movement towards… Diane Pasta

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

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

Accessibility and Worship

Introduction Most people will find themselves with a serious long-term limitation of mobility, hearing, sight, mental capacity, or emotional functioning… Judy Kruger

Love and Accountability

I started thinking about issues of responsibility for people with progressive, long-term disabilities because of my friend Teddie. (For Teddie… Diane Pasta

Unbounded Compassion

On my first day at the 2003 Washington, D.C., Animal Rights Conference, I noticed a young woman pushing a teenage… Clark Tibbits

No Doubt

Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love. (Jer. 31:3) I don’t usually feel sleepy in meeting for worship,… Anonymous

The Fruits of Service at the Gathering: A First-Timer's Lesson

The prompting came during a time of worship I had set aside for seeking clarity for a ministry to which… Hamsa O'Doherty

Including Deaf Quakers

It has been my experience that when Quakers discuss diversity, they usually think of those of color or those with… Barbara Luetke-Stahlman

Raising a Deaf Child

Our adventure into diversity began as an arrogance of the human spirit. If this comes across as very personal, it… Paula Laughlin

Addressing Hearing Loss among Friends

About 15 percent of people in the United States have at least mild hearing loss in their better ear; hearing… Karen Street

Bob Philbrook

Bob Philbrook is as vibrant, confident, and energetic as anyone you’ll ever meet. He also happens to have gotten polio… Kara Newell
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