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Leadings of the Spirit

American and South African activists bring election monitoring to Cape Town suburbs. Rommel Roberts, Robin Roberts, and Lark Worth

Extracting Truth from Power: A Tale of Two Quaker Ladies

In March, 1979, Beverly Hess of Lancaster (Pa.) Meeting, along with her husband Dick, was preparing to head to Philadelphia…

Healing the Wounds of Patriarchy, One Woman at a Time

It’s day four of the Friends General Conference Gathering workshop for high school women, “Honoring That of Goddess Within.” Twelve…

Walking the Labyrinth

"This is the message we have heard and declare to you: God is light; in God there is no darkness…

True Confessions of a Closet Quaker

Don’t tell anyone that you saw my name here. The members of my parish might not understand my motivation to…

The Journey of a Doubter

Do I consider myself a Christian? Do I believe Jesus is the son of God? Do I believe the Bible…

A Great People To Be Gathered: The View From Pendle Hill

In the olden days, when I was here, Quakers did not applaud at lectures. Remember those days? I was asked…

The Christ Spirit and Forgiveness

In my religious tradition, that of the unprogrammed branch of the Religious Society of Friends, many feel comfortable because there…

Eldering: A Legacy

When I arrived in Champaign, Illinois, in 1963, I made my way to the Friends meeting the very first Sunday.…

Jeremiah and the Clearness Committee

The clearness committee settled into a hopeful silence. There were only three of them, deliberately a small group. They didn’t…

“Leadings” For Nontheistic Friends?

When I speak of being led or feeling called to act in some way, do my words commit me to…

Finding the Fearsome and the Fearful in Pakistan

By Nancy Kaufmann Before and during my visit to Pakistan, I encountered the question— often with looks of disbelief or…
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