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Online Forum: Pacifism and Peace

By Discussion moderator: [email protected] on September 13, 2012

One of the most important testimonies of the Quaker faith is peace. In times of war, Quakers have a long [ā€¦]

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On The Value Of Conflict

By GeorgeRLakey on November 1, 2010

Unresolved conflict can leave a relationship so broken that people are unable to find a way back to one other.

George Lakey, a member of Central Philadelphia (Pa.) Meeting, is a nonviolent activist, author, and the founder of Training for Change.Ā This article is adapted from a plenary speech at the 2010 Friends General Conference Gathering.

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Slowing the Wheel of War: A Spiritual Struggle

By CharlesFager on September 1, 2010

It will soon be 50 years since Dwight D. Eisenhower gave his farewell address to the nation on January 17, [ā€¦]

Chuck Fager is director of Quaker House, a peace project in Fayetteville, near Fort Bragg, N.C. A writer who has published widely on Quaker and peace concerns, he is a member of State College (Pa.) Meeting and attends Fayetteville (N.C.) Meeting.

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Quaker Witness in Palestine

By BetsyBrinson on September 1, 2010

In the summer of 2008, I joined a small group of teachers, most of whom worked at Quaker schools near [ā€¦]

Betsy Brinson is a member of Richmond (Va.) Meeting. A public historian, she uses oral history to produce films, exhibits, and written publications. She and her spouse, Gordon Davies, spent the 2009-2010 school year as volunteers at Ramallah Friends School, working on several history projects.

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Hiroshima Nightmare: Reflections on Hope in the Face of Horror

By DavidEDrake on August 1, 2010

Repetitive fears surface as life challenges each of us with anxiety over how we will deal with paying our bills, [ā€¦]

David E. Drake, a member of the Des Moines Valley (Iowa) Meeting, practices family psychiatry and serves as clinical professor of Psychiatry at Des Moines University. He is serving his first year as a commissioner with the Des Moines Human Rights Commission, and he is an advisory board member of Iowa Physicians for Social Responsibility. He can be reached at [email protected]

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When I Was Thirsty

By MichaelPratt on August 1, 2010

Last year I visited the Sonoran Desert, which straddles the U.S.-Mexican border, for the third timeā€” this time to volunteer [ā€¦]

Michael Pratt, a retired park ranger, is a member of Estes Park (Colo.) Worship Group/Unitarian Universalist Fellowship. (About this group, he writes: "Originally formed to allow local Friends and UUs to explore common ground, our fellowship meets weekly year-round. A half hour of silence is followed by introductions, coffee, and Joys and Concerns. A group member or outside speaker then presents a program on a subject announced a month or two ahead.")

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Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) 50th Reunion in Raleigh, North Carolina

By DavidHartsough on August 1, 2010

I had the wonderful opportunity to participate in the 50th reunion of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) from April [ā€¦]

David Hartsough, a member of San Francisco (Calif.) Meeting, is the director of Peaceworkers and was a co-founder of Nonviolent Peaceforce. A graduate of Howard University, he participated in numerous lunch counter sit-ins in Maryland and Virginia in 1960.

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My Visit to Gaza with the Gaza Freedom March

By DavidHartsough on May 1, 2010

On the first anniversary of the war on Gaza, known as Operation Cast Lead, close to 1,400 people from more [ā€¦]

David Hartsough, a member of San Francisco (Calif.) Meeting, is director of Peaceworkers (see http://www.peaceworkersus.org) and co-founder of Nonviolent Peaceforce (see http://www.nonviolentpeaceforceorg). He recently spent a month in Palestine and Israel co-leading an interfaith peacebuilding delegation. He can be reached at [email protected]

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The Real Peace Movement

By CatherinePrice on April 1, 2010

I enjoyed reading a Reflections called ā€œLiving Outside the Boxā€ by Fran Palmeri of Sarasota (Fla.) Meeting (FJ Sept. 2007). [ā€¦]

Catherine Price is a member of Lake Wales (Fla.) Worship Group.

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On Paying Attention

By Noah Baker Merrill on November 1, 2009

Pray also for me, so that when I speak, a message may be given to me to make known with [ā€¦]

Noah Baker Merrill, a member of Putney (Vt.) Meeting, coordinates Direct Aid Iraq. He carries a concern for the integration of worship and witness. Websites that are relevant to this article include: Direct Aid Iraq (http://www.directaidiraq.org), Heeding God's Call (http://www.heedinggodscall.org), and Peace Gathering (http://www.peacegathering2009.org).

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