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History

A Perspective on the Peace Testimony

When I applied for membership in the Religious Society of Friends ten years ago, it was easy to tell my… John Andrew Gallery

Mercy Denied, Mercy Shown

It all started with a letter—an invitation from the Respect for Life Committee of St. Dismas Parish, within the Delaware… Sally Milbury-Steen

Firbank Fell's Challenge for 21st Century Quakerism

Sunday, June 13, 1652, about 1,000 people gathered on an isolated hillside in rural northern England to listen to a… Peter Blood-Patterson

Robert Purvis: Friend of the Friends

Across the road from Byberry Meeting in the 19th century, on the northeast edge of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, stood Harmony… Margaret Hope Bacon

The Winds of Change

We like to think that we live in a fast-changing world and long for the slower pace of an earlier… Paul Buckley

Benjamin Lundy, Pioneer Quaker Abolitionist

Benjamin Lundy, like many young men of his time restless and sketchily educated, longed for new places and experiences. The… Suzanne R. Wicks

Quakers on the Arts, 1658-1995

All ye poets, jesters, rhymers, makers of verses and ballads, who bend your wits to please novelties, light minds, who… Esther Mürer

A Quaker Family in Afghanistan, 1949-51

In 1947 two young Quakers were looking for a way to make a practical contribution to world peace. Like many… Os Cresson

Young Adult Quaker Ministers: Mary Fisher and Elizabeth Fletcher

"I believe that some young people have old souls and that these young people become seasoned spiritual leaders at an… Barbara Luetke-Stahlman

Learning from Sarah Douglass

In 1833, Sarah Mapps Douglass, an African American educator, moved from her home in Philadelphia to New York City to… Margaret Hope Bacon

No Creed Is Not the Same as No Theology

A Short Course on the Theology of Friends It has long interested me that members of unprogrammed meetings of the… Robert Griswold

What I Learned from Rachel Hicks

One Friday morning during a Pendle Hill prayer class, Chris Ravndal introduced us to a prayer form he called "Creating… Sr. Rachel West
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