Non-violence

Time to Mind the Light

Recently I’ve had ample opportunity to reflect on the difference one person can make. My daughter has just undergone necessary…

Can Love Really Overcome Violence and Hate? Reflections on the Friends Peace Testimony

Dear Friends, when you first invited me to speak on the Peace Testimony last summer, I was working at Friends…

Terrorism and the Practical Idealist

When I encountered Quakerism for the first time as a young man, I was struck by the sheer boldness of…

Queries for Activist-Minded Quakers

Queries: In contemplation on our inner guidance toward action, do we search the Bible and other sources of spiritual wisdom…

Courage and Compassion

It is a joy and a challenge, but also often a frustration, to prepare issues of Friends Journal months in…

The Challenge of Terror: A Traveling Essay

So here I am, a week late arriving home, stuck between Colombia, Guatemala, and Harrisonburg, Virginia, when our world changed.…

A Lesson from the Ashes

If every community had a young person who cared enough about his brothers and sisters who were hurting—and who started…

Nonviolence: The Law of Love

Mention the Middle East, the Congo, or Northern Ireland, and eyes roll, shoulders rise, and expressions of helplessness take over…