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Singing “Lord of the Dance?”: Reflections on Anti- Semitism and Loving One Another
An old controversy among Friends resurfaced this summer on the online Quaker Outreach Forum on Yahoo Groups. One member posted…
The Trail We Leave Behind Us
Learning from My Neighbors It’s a great honor to be together to listen and speak and have a conversation. I…
Why I Am Not a Christian
I have attended Quaker meeting for over 40 years, and am a member of Rochester (N.Y.) Meeting, yet I do…
Wrestling with God
Jakob Freud was a devout Hassidic Jew, who participated in an education program led by Ludwig and Pheobus Phillipson. The…
Christ-Centeredness & Quaker Identity
I have a memory of a member of my monthly meeting responding to the news that some meetings have pastors,…
Are We Christian?
In his book Why Friends are Friends, Jack Willcuts claims that the first thing to say about us Quakers is…
Homosexuality and the Bible: One Quaker's Response to the Pope
"Speaking on Monday, Pope Benedict said that saving humanity from homosexual or transsexual behavior was as important as protecting the…
The Radical Nonviolent Witness of Jesus
Our world has never been more in need of courageous and creative alternatives to violence and injustice. Street crime, police…
Whose Image Is on the Coin? A Jewish Perspective on Abrahamic Wisdoms
I begin with a renewed version of the blessing traditionally offered before learning Torah—sharing wisdom—together: Blessed are you the breath…
An Easter Epiphany
Good Friday morning wading on the beach, Gulf waves are formidable. After several days of a very high wind, shells…
My Year of Cancer
At a recent gathering of Friends, the discussion leader asked us each to describe a joy we had brought with…
I Am Who I Am
[Moses] came to Horeb, the mountain of God. There the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame…
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