Healing

Unclean!

The sun was pressing down as hard as it could on the Earth that day, till it felt that my…

Surviving Winter

When I woke up one morning last winter, it was five degrees. The cold was paralyzing. At 6:30 am, an…

Healing in Meeting for Worship at the 1995 FGC Gathering

What is the ground and foundation of the gathered meeting? In the last analysis, it is, I am convinced, the…

The Wounding and Healing of the Human Spirit

Sometimes when I’m tired—almost too tired—I can’t sleep. I want more food for the world and less suffering. I feel…

Tree Trust

I’m sitting under the dense canopy of a Mexican elderberry tree. There are two such trees in the front yard…
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Christmas Light

Photo by kwasny222 Last year I was not in the mood for the Friends’ holiday party, though it is usually… Eleanor Wright

A Journey of Love and Entreaty

We received this article with a cover letter by Anne Morrison Welsh.

Friends Peacemaking in Burundi

It would be hard for people to kill each other when they have been laughing and crying together in such…

Where the Light Shines Through

Every autumn I am reminded of a precious lesson I was once given, a glimpse of truth about the Light…

Only the Wounded Can Heal

At a meeting for worship a Friend quoted the Greek philosopher, Heraclitus, as saying: "Only the wounded can heal." My…

Finding Hope

Since the national election in the United States last November, I’ve been reading many commentaries by people who hoped for…

A Kitchen with a View

A kitchen tells you a lot about a home and the people who live there. Grandmother Corpening’s kitchen in rural…
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