Lifestyles

Our Money and Our Lives

Money is a hard thing for Quakers to talk about. That’s my experience, at least—whether it be in conversations with…

Reconsidering Financial Security

Friends speak of living in faithfulness to God, of letting our outward lives be wholly patterned by obedience to the…

Living with Beggars

The man walking toward me grinned broadly from several feet away, and at first I thought he was being friendly.…

The Right Use of Money

Money has always caused Christians—and modern Quakers—a host of problems. We all know some version of the injunction from Paul:…

Friends' Attitudes toward Business in the USA

Unprogrammed liberal Friends today seem publicly almost uniformly negative about most business activity. I have been to talks at Pendle…

Queries and Advices on Money

The Quaker Testimonies of Simplicity and Stewardship are the foundation of our spiritual relationship with money. According to Faith and…

Quaker Money, Old Money, and White Privilege

“As a birthright Friend, she really knew her antiques.” This comment opened a testimony to the life of a beloved…

Christmas Reflections

My husband is fond of kidding me about how crammed my dresser drawers always seem to be. In fact, they…

Advice to a Young Artist in America

You ask me: "What is the fine artist to do in America today? Where is he to find his position?…

What Is the Essence of an Active Faith?

Along with 27 others, Peg Morton trespassed onto Fort Benning property in November 2003 as a part of the effort…

Facing Fears of Shared Accountability Among Friends Today

In June 2005, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting met in called session to consider its response to Earth-wide challenges of climate change.…

There are alternatives to giving up meat

I feel the need to speak up in response to Gracia Fay Ellwood’s article "Are Animals Our Neighbors" (FJ April).…
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