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Jim Rose
Listening and Affirming
Listen. For me, "Heeding God’s Call" felt like just that, a call-except that it came by email. The invitation from…
Engaging with a Monthly Meeting about Ministry
What does it mean to be called to public ministry within the Religious Society of Friends? What does it mean…
Restorative Practices as Practical Peacemaking
A restorative and holistic approach to peacemaking is urgently needed in a world where violence is an integral part of…
Teaching Peace/Making Peacemakers
Soft is stronger than hard, water than rock, love than violence. —Hermann Hesse In April 16, 2007, my friend Roger’s…
On Being a Catholic Quaker
Thirty years ago, driving home from a Catholic charismatic prayer meeting, I heard the inner words, "I want you to…
Clearness Committees at the Crossroads of Our Working Lives
The fork in the road—it’s an experience that affects many of us at one time or another in the course…
Gifts of Eldering
I had planned this year to take a break from FGC Gathering. Polly, my partner of 27 years, couldn’t come…
Friends and Cyberspace
My interest in Quakerism has grown steadily over the past decade during my tenure as an English teacher and more…
Mending the World
Our world is torn and broken. Many parts of it are not working. There are great tears and gashes, holes…
Silence
There is something quiet coming out of the Silence—quieter than a whisper, a heartbeat, a breath, a rhythm, a sensing…
Together-Together: That’s How We Nurture Each Other
When I asked my 14-year-old daughter, "What is a functioning Quaker adult?" she looked at me quizzically and responded, "I…
A Call to Spiritual Discipline
I was 16 years old when I attended meeting for worship for the first time. Also present were a woman…
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