Personalities

Margaret Fell

My abiding goal in these columns is to direct readers’ attention to important spiritual resources within the Quaker tradition. Margaret…

Retreating with Thich Nhat Hanh

Early in the summer of 2003 my Friend Tina learned that Thich Nhat Hanh was going to lead a one-day…

Jan de Hartog: Activist and Storyteller

In 1963, tiny, unprogrammed Live Oak Meeting in Houston, Texas, started having its Sunday meetings for worship in Jeff Davis…

Time to Lay Down William Penn’s Sword

The story of William Penn and his sword is deeply embedded in Quaker mythology; so deeply, it seems, that it…

James Nayler: The Lessons of Discernment

Friends encounter James Nayler mostly as an object lesson. They tend to know that he was an important early leader,…

John Dickinson (1732–1808): Quaker Statesman?

John Dickinson, statesman, author. In influential writings 1765-74, argued against British policies. Later, as a member of Continental Congress, 1774-76,…

Racial Inequality: Painfully Present among Friends

We believe there is that of God in every person, and thus we believe in human equality before God. Friends…

Discovering Fellowship among African American Friends

In 1992, shortly after I joined Sandy Spring (Md.) Meeting and officially became a Quaker, it was announced on public…

Quakerism, Earth-Centered Spirituality, and the Goddess

My earliest memory is of standing at the kitchen sink in an old farmhouse in Iowa where my grandmother held…

Including Deaf Quakers

It has been my experience that when Quakers discuss diversity, they usually think of those of color or those with…

Althea Sumpter

The question had to be asked, right at the beginning: was she named for Althea Gibson, a tennis player whom…

Vignettes of an Antiwar Vet

Introduction I have written these vignettes for Susan, the little girl I had to leave behind when I went to…
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