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Quaker Relief during the Spanish Civil War
One gray morning in early February, a small group of Friends was finding its way to an encounter with 70…
Mary Dyer: Courageous Witness and My Foremother
"It’s not fair! My name is Mary Dyer and I’m younger than that girl! I should have been the one…
Mary Fisher: Maidservant Turned Prophet
When Friends in Moscow recently designed a postcard to share the message of Quakerism, the 17th-century Quaker they chose to…
Separation of Church and State
The separation of church and state is currently the focus of much debate. The concept is increasingly challenged by religious…
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…
John Greenleaf Whittier: A Bicentennial Reflection
The birthday of one of the United States’ most popular Quakers was once a national event. Around the firesides and…
My History with FWCC
In 1937, when I was nine years old, my father attended the Friends World Conference in Pennsylvania, which is when…
Facing a Fractured Quakerism
The establishment of Friends World Committee for Consultation was an attempt to mend a fractured faith. In the first four…
All Friends’ Conference of 1920
Before the 1937 Friends World Conference, Friends from throughout the world and across the various branches of the Religious Society…
A Portrait of Two Founders
I earnestly believe our Society will serve the Kingdom [of God] better as we are unified. —J. Passmore Elkinton, in…
1967 Friends World Conference: A Youthful Recollection
My sister Jane and I bumped our suitcases down the stairs from our bedrooms on the second floor and headed…
‘How Is Thee’: Musings on Ironies and Self Justification Among Friends
For a long time I have had a back-burner interest in the evolution of the use of thee, thou, and…
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