History

Listening to Lincoln

Let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the Nation’s wounds, to care for…

A Peace Education Sabbatical

Learnings From My Father I believe in the culture of peace. I believe in daily peace building on a personal,…

Happy Birthday, Mercer Street Friends

Mercer Street Friends (MSF) in Trenton, New Jersey, turned 50 in 2008, a milestone that for people typically marks a…

What Kind of Times Are These?

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. . . ." So begins Charles Dickens’ A…

The Quaker Peace Testimony, Economics, and the Common Good

Quakerism and Economics of the Common Good English Quaker John Bellers (1654- 1725) was the first social thinker to advance…

Don't Talk about It!

Children love secrets, and they sometimes hint about them to their playmates. In this way, the fascination of a long-held…

25 Years of Quaker Universalism

In May 2008, Quaker Universalist Fellowship turned 25 years old. Many Friends would argue that what we usually call Quaker…

A Very Different War: The Story of an Evacuee Sent to the U.S. During World War II

It was only later that we realized how lucky we had been when we arrived in the United States to…

Reexamining the Peace Testimony

I grew up as part of the first generation to have regular access to TV. Much of what we watched…

The Declaration of 1660

Several years ago, a local television station set up a table in a shopping mall and asked people to sign…

How I Became a Pacifist: An Interview with Lee Thomas

FJ: How did you feel about the war effort? Were people at that time okay with it? Lee: Well, sure.…

Quakers and Reparations for Slavery and Jim Crow

Out of the silence a woman asked, “Why don’t Friends take reparations more seriously? It’s the kind of issue Quakers…
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