Religious Education

An Approach to Religious Education

Members of the Menomonie Ministerial Association (M.A.M.A) stared at me in slack-jawed silence. We had been in the midst of…

Economics by Innuendo and Error

David Morse’s "A Quaker Response to Economic Globalization" (FJ May) exhibits many errors in economics. He is correct to sympathize…

Hiroshima/Nagasaki Unresolved: A Present Danger

On August 19, 2003, the Washington Post carried a front-page story and picture headlined “Enola Gay, Waiting in the Wings…

The Ability to Choose as Death Approaches

"Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion, without the discomfort of thought." —John F. Kennedy In 1980 Elisabeth Kubler-Ross,…

God Is in the Mouth of the Wolf

I think I must have been born searching for God. People tell me that just as my head crowned during…

Retreating with Thich Nhat Hanh

Early in the summer of 2003 my Friend Tina learned that Thich Nhat Hanh was going to lead a one-day…

Douglas Steere: The Mystical in the Everyday

A conviction has slowly grown upon me over the years that Douglas Steere is the most sustaining of 20th century…

Teaching Quakerism

I suppose I’ve always been involved in Quaker outreach. I remember earnestly explaining Quaker pacifism to my Girl Scout troop…

Helping Young People Feel Welcome

At University Friends Meeting in Seattle, Washington, we have several systems in place to make sure children new to the…

Quaker Religious Education for Adults

Adult Quaker religious education can be problematic. For such a well-educated group it is odd that we would disdain organized…

Raising CO Consciousness in Our Youth

Like everyone, we are touched close to home and deep in our hearts by the War on Terrorism. But as…

Spiritual Evaluation of Movies

"Movies are one of the bad habits that have corrupted our century. They have slipped into the American mind more…
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