Outreach

On Good Soil and Increasing Yield

He began to teach them many things in parables, and in his teaching he said to them: Listen! A sower…

Quaker Education: Thoughts on Our Words, Our Silence, and a Very Cool Milk Jug Raft

G. K. Chesterton once said that most educational debates more or less dead-end at "Let us not decide what is…

The Little Museum that Could: Documenting My ‘Neighbors’ Fate-and My Own

In a train from Prague to Ostrava, spring 1992: Navigating his high-school German and my miserable Czech, the well-dressed business…

American Friends Service Committee after 90 Years

We seek to know where the Spirit is calling us to be in a particular place and time. —Quaker aphorism…

”Walking the Walk: Greg Woods

In December 1999, 14-year-old Greg Woods attended the "High School Quake," a gathering of Illinois Yearly Meeting youth. Along with…

My Guatemala Journal

Friday, August 11, 2006 —From Libertyville to Guatemala City My mission for this journey to Guatemala is to conduct community…

Questions to Ask Military Recruiters and Yourself

Have you, a friend, or a family member ever wondered if the military was the best option for a job…

Knowing and Sharing Our Faith and Its Historical Influence

Why isn’t there a cross?" asks a young boy, visiting with his 5th grade class from North Carolina. "Where does…

Thinking About Women

The New Year has barely begun as I sit to write this column. I am still flush with the blessings…

The Power of a Snowflake

Whenever your efforts to make the world a better place seem to be completely unproductive, futile, and hopeless, think of…

Back to the Future

This is a strange image—backward and forward—but perhaps a helpful one for Friends in 2006. As I was re-reading John…

Conversations from the Heartland

A few years ago, I surprised myself and some friends—I sent out an e-mail to my homeschooling buddies, almost entirely…
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