Personalities

”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…

Nancy Nye

Help a child wrestle with a complex idea, or advocate for a child’s right to education, an adequate diet, and…

The Nature of God

Where does the concept of God come from? We humans, as a sentient, introspective, inquisitive species, seek out answers to…

Managing Conflict and Natural Resources through Good Clerking: The Legacy of Gilbert F. White

Gilbert Fowler White, one of the world’s foremost geographers and a member of the Religious Society of Friends, died in…

Elias Hicks, Environmentalist

Elias Hicks is best known among Friends as the man for whom one branch of Quakers was named following the…

The Liberation of Nathan Swift

On an April day in 1839, a young Quaker farmer was out with his plowhorse working the family fields in…

A Convergence of Friends

This spring I hosted an unusual dinner party: nine Quakers from Ohio, Oregon, and California, gathered for fellowship, dialogue, and…

The Willoughbys on Pacifism

Ironically, few issues have divided Quakers more than war-making and peacemaking. A favorite image of Quakers in the wider world…

Thomas Kelly

Thomas Kelly is the first of four activist Friends that I intend to write about in this column over the…

The Wounding and Healing of the Human Spirit

Sometimes when I’m tired—almost too tired—I can’t sleep. I want more food for the world and less suffering. I feel…

Bayard Rustin: Out from the Shadows of History

Time on Two Crosses: The Collected Writings of Bayard Rustin. Edited by Devon W. Carbado and Donald Weise. San Francisco:…

Only the Wounded Can Heal

At a meeting for worship a Friend quoted the Greek philosopher, Heraclitus, as saying: "Only the wounded can heal." My…
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