Personalities

Steve and Marlene Pedigo

He’s a city boy from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the second of five children who learned early to work and be self-sufficient.…

Robert Purvis: Friend of the Friends

Across the road from Byberry Meeting in the 19th century, on the northeast edge of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, stood Harmony…

The Winds of Change

We like to think that we live in a fast-changing world and long for the slower pace of an earlier…

A Gift of a Saturday Morning

"How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world." —Portia, in William…

Quaker Service in Cape Town, South Africa

Quaker Service, Cape, in Cape Town, South Africa, has reinterpreted the ancient tradition of alms-giving in the modern developing world.…

An Interview with Chuck Fager

Chuck Fager is clerk of the Fellowship of Quakers in the Arts (FQA). He has recently been appointed director of…

Reflections on the Life and Art of Asa Watkins

Asa Watkins died in June 2001 at age 84. After reflecting for some time on the news of his passing,…

A Celebration of Life and Death

Nothing heals grief but grieving, a truth that is illustrated in Cathy Weber’s Grief Series, 20 paintings that she began…

A Tribute to Millicent Carey McIntosh

Let us celebrate the life of an important Quaker educator, Millicent Carey McIntosh, who died on January 3, 2001, at…

Mickey Edgerton

Muriel (Mickey) Wesner Edgerton is openly self-effacing. Punctuated by her distinctive giggle, she characterizes herself as a "blabbermouth," an "extrovert,"…

Paul, Apostle of Love

Many commentators, and indeed, the informed general public, perceive a discrepancy between the open and generous message of Jesus preaching…

Phil Lord

Convinced Friend? Phil Lord, a Philadelphia lawyer, describes himself as "hooked." "When I started private practice with Hal Commons, our…
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