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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… Carol Towarnicky

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… Debbie Humphries and Diane Randall

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… Bette Rainbow Hoover

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… Tom Dwyer

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… John Corry

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… William A. Charland Jr.

Gifts of Eldering

I had planned this year to take a break from FGC Gathering. Polly, my partner of 27 years, couldn’t come… Wendy C. Sanford

Friends and Cyberspace

My interest in Quakerism has grown steadily over the past decade during my tenure as an English teacher and more… Mark Franek

Mending the World

Our world is torn and broken. Many parts of it are not working. There are great tears and gashes, holes… Pamela Haines

Silence

There is something quiet coming out of the Silence—quieter than a whisper, a heartbeat, a breath, a rhythm, a sensing… Harold Heritage

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… Chris DeRoller

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… John Calvi
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