Holy Spirit

Those Other Branch Quakers

“Be careful of those ‘other branch’ Quakers.” These words were spoken to me at a recent Wednesday evening Bible study by… Rick Artzner

Sharing the Gifts of the Spirit

What Friends Have to Offer the Wider Church Silence washed over the hundreds of women and men gathered together in the… Micah Bales

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… Marcelle Martin

Convergence among Friends: From the ‘Kitchen’ to the ‘Parlor’

Have you ever sensed that the earliest Quakers had a fire that seems to be missing now? What do we… Robin Mohr and C. Wess Daniels
Features

Why Young Friends Need Elders—and Why They Need Us

To be a Young Friend is to be in transition—to be in a time of great possibility, uncertainty, and formation.… Micah Bales

Discovering Fellowship among African American Friends

In 1992, shortly after I joined Sandy Spring (Md.) Meeting and officially became a Quaker, it was announced on public… Elmyra Powell

Mickey Edgerton

Muriel (Mickey) Wesner Edgerton is openly self-effacing. Punctuated by her distinctive giggle, she characterizes herself as a "blabbermouth," an "extrovert,"… Kara Newell

Drinking the Living Water: Pilgrimage to Taize

A convinced Friend and former Catholic, I never thought I would agree with the pope about anything . . .… Mary K. Rehard

‘The Power,’ Quaking, and the Rediscovery of Primitive Quakerism

"The Power of the Lord," or just simply, "The Power," was a very important concept to the early Quakers, but… Scott Martin

The Value of Stillness

Be no more than God hath made thee. Give over thine own willing; give over thine own running; give over… Caroline Jones

Prayer: The Changer and the Changed

Not coming from a prayer-oriented family or community, I found the idea of praying for someone vaguely embarrassing. "What’s the… Barry Zalph

Friends and Other Quakers

Identity as a Quaker, a member of the Religious Society of Friends, is hard won. With no liturgy to speak… Sally Miller
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