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.… Kara Newell

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… Margaret Hope Bacon

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… Paul Buckley

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… Kathryn Parke

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.… Sarah Ruden

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… Robert Dockhorn

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,… Manuel Macarrulla

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… Robert C. Murphy

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… Jane C. Kronick

Mickey Edgerton

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

Paul, Apostle of Love

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

Phil Lord

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