Relationships

Membership in Transience

It takes me about 14 hours to get home from college. A mix of trains, cars, airplanes, and airports, the…

Reflections on Love

In February it is common to see evidence of Valentine’s Day in every supermarket and drug store. Talk of love…

Another Reflection on Marriage among Friends

Two Friends Journal articles reflecting on marriage—renewing vows and speaking plainly to those divorcing—appeared just as my husband and I…

On Being Single and Quaker: Opposing Forces?

As I look off into the horizon of a youthful 50 that is drawing near, my mind fast-forwards into the…

Beyond Consensus: The Quaker Search for God's Leading for the Group

When a group of North Americans gather to make a decision, one of three processes is usually used: the autocratic,…

We Are All Seekers

There are many ways to God. This is surely part of our Quaker tradition, and yet, like other believers, we…

Global Partnerships: Opening the Way toward Economic Justice and World Peace

On the streets of Seattle in 1999, protestors put the World Trade Organization in the spotlight and got tangled in…

Reflections on the Purpose of Marriage

For the last 40 years, marriages have been in trouble. Half of them end in divorce. Abuse is common. Disturbed…

Saying "I Do" Anew

Last year, my husband and I asked that our marriage be taken under the care of Salmon Bay Meeting in…

Who, After All, is a Caring Friend?

As I walked through the living room this morning, three colorful balloons and a bouquet of daffodils reminded me of…

How I Learned to Mind My Own Business and Get Out of God's Way

She walks into the classroom. Her hair hangs carelessly like a curtain around her face. She is wearing blue jeans…

A Friend’s Testimony on Domestic Violence?

We are called upon to love the loveless and the unlovable, to reach out to the racists and the torturers,…
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