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Marriage
Divine Love in Action
I first met Michael Baldwin and Uriel Orellano when they attended a Couple Enrichment workshop led by my husband and…
FGC's Couple Enrichment Program
Friends General Conference’s Couple Enrichment Program is a ministry of couples who, recognizing the divine center of committed relationships, support…
Facilitating Interreligious Weddings
Since the fall of 1989, I have been involved as a kind of facilitator for three weddings, held in the…
Reflections on Love
In February it is common to see evidence of Valentine’s Day in every supermarket and drug store. Talk of love…
Another Reflection on Marriage among Friends
Two Friends Journal articles reflecting on marriage—renewing vows and speaking plainly to those divorcing—appeared just as my husband and I…
Towards Deeper Communion across Our Theological Divides
Five years after Friends Meeting at Cambridge approved taking same-sex couples under its care, my life partner, Polly, and I…
Is Modern Marriage a Fraud?
I have practiced family law for more than 20 years. More recently, I have tried to reduce that aspect of…
Reflections and a Welcome
When we published Anne Barschall’s "On Marriage and Divorce—With a Proposition Bound to be Controversial" in June, we suspected it…
Reflections on the Purpose of Marriage
For the last 40 years, marriages have been in trouble. Half of them end in divorce. Abuse is common. Disturbed…
Saying "I Do" Anew
Last year, my husband and I asked that our marriage be taken under the care of Salmon Bay Meeting in…
On Marriage and Divorce–with a Proposition Bound to Be Controversial
Friends traditionally set great store by the Testimony on Truth. So highly did early Friends prize the truth that they…
An Open and Affirming Community
Sixty-two of us gathered in prayerful silence. This was the culmination of our searching, of seven long years of workshops…
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