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Carved in Stone

When Karin Sprague’s father-in-law died suddenly in 1996 she knew what she would do with the rest of her life.… Anita Fritz and Karin Sprague

Barbara Mays

Barbara Mays, a musician, writer/editor and mother, describes herself first as a Hoosier. She returned to Richmond, Indiana, in the… Kara Newell

Demie Kurz

With Demie Kurz, conversation about life, family, work, and beliefs is laced with phrases of feeling—"I love . . .… Kara Newell

To Friends Journal Readers: A Response

I am grateful to have been able to follow the debate over my remarks that were printed in Friends Journal… Scott Simon

Chris and Olga Ahrens

When we married," Ollie says, "we agreed from the start that we wouldn’t build our life on owning things." It’s… Kathryn Parke

Be Cool, Not Hot

To better understand an adult’s behavior, psychologists often investigate the individual’s childhood experience. Events that take place in the early… Dean Sherwin

Joe Franko

Joe Franko became a Quaker through a brief friendship with Rick, a conscientious objector he met in Vietnam in the… Kara Newell

Courage Then and Now

As a member of that generation of Friends who used World War II as a springboard for the growth and… Barbara Grant Nnoka

Tom and Anne Moore

I visited with the Moores in their compact apartment (which they share with Anne’s large loom!) at the Hickman, a… Kara Newell

John Munson

John Munson describes himself as "a Quaker, a Pacific Northwesterner, and an internationalist. I’ve been a lawyer for more than… Kara Newell

AVP: An Interview with Steve Angell

Stephen L. Angell was an early participant and continues to be active in the Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP), a… Robert Dockhorn

My Father's Peace

I am a member of the baby-boom generation, born after the GIs and G-gals came home from the Second World… Robin Mello
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