Quakerism Today

The World Is Hungry for What We’ve Tasted

Friends today are called to the same radical work that has always driven us: to step back from the world…

The Prophetic Journey

In a time of perpetual war and violence, unprecedented greed, and environmental devastation, the Religious Society of Friends, with some…

An Invitation to Hispaniola

Three years ago, I was led to move to the island of Hispaniola, home to the Dominican Republic and Haiti.…

The Experience of Friends Meeting

Responses from Members and Attenders Starting in May 2005, I sent out a questionnaire to members and attenders of Friends…

A Day Off in the Life of an Intern

It’s spring in Washington, D.C. There is a war on. I’m walking down the National Mall, surrounded by people, flags,…

Survival and resistance: a message from Quaker House, Fayetteville (Ft. Bragg), N.C.

Quakerism was born in a time of revolutionary upheaval. Yet it learned how to survive when the revolution failed and…

The Three Gems

A famous Buddhist prayer is known as the Three Gems: I take refuge in the Buddha. I take refuge in…

The Cross and the Cuckoo’s Egg

I have followed with interest the rise, among U.S. churches, of scapegoating. Men who love men, women who love women,…

Of Faith and Boots

I am a mother with two young boys, a job, and meeting responsibilities in addition to other volunteer work. So…

Quaker Truth-Seeking and the Unitary Presidency

As citizens, many of us in the U.S. are uncomfortable with a president who claims powers that place him above…

Taking the Long View

One of the greatest privileges of doing the work of Friends Journal is to receive more than 400 manuscripts volunteered…

Walking with Gandhi

Once again I’m thinking back to the 16th of February, 2003. By that time, my own journey and experiments with…
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