Interfaith Relations

Challenging Certainty

I believe that Friends are called to reflect anew on our relationship with animals. This concern dates back at least…

Conversations from the Heartland

A few years ago, I surprised myself and some friends—I sent out an e-mail to my homeschooling buddies, almost entirely…

One Quaker's Response to the Pope

Paul Anderson of Evangelical Friends International, Northwest Yearly Meeting, and George Fox University has shared with me his long contribution…

One Response after Another

I appreciate Newton Garver’s review of my response to the Vatican, and I am also grateful for being welcomed by…

Zen and the Quakers: A Meditation

At Friendship Meeting in Greensboro, N.C., a few years ago, our Friend DeWitt Barnett told of the time he was…

Towards Deeper Communion across Our Theological Divides

Five years after Friends Meeting at Cambridge approved taking same-sex couples under its care, my life partner, Polly, and I…