Self-Realization

Walking the Labyrinth

"This is the message we have heard and declare to you: God is light; in God there is no darkness…

Susan

The Tennessee State Prison for Women was on the north side of Nashville, just beyond the edge of town. It…

Come Back to the Body

I sense a revived yearning in the Religious Society of Friends to deepen and unite both our inner and our…

True Confessions of a Closet Quaker

Don’t tell anyone that you saw my name here. The members of my parish might not understand my motivation to…

The Journey of a Doubter

Do I consider myself a Christian? Do I believe Jesus is the son of God? Do I believe the Bible…

The Christ Spirit and Forgiveness

In my religious tradition, that of the unprogrammed branch of the Religious Society of Friends, many feel comfortable because there…

Resurrection for the Second Half of Life

There is a time in our lives when the future holds so much promise and mystery that the thought of…

Quaker Women’s Theology Conference

When the invitation to write an article for Friends Journal about the Pacific Northwest Quaker Women’s Theology Conference (PNWQWTC) came…

Hungry for God: The Evolution of a Fasting Discipline

More than any other discipline, fasting reveals the things that control us. This is a wonderful benefit to the disciple…

Leading a “Yes, We Can!? Workshop in Kenya

In 2009, I traveled as a representative of Friends General Conference to the Young Quakers Christian Association (Africa) Triennial, which…

Filling a Toolkit

Arriving Earlham School of Religion (ESR) and I were both born in the autumn of 1960. We intersected in our…

Learning to Speak Community

Last fall in a Quakerism 101 group I facilitated at Cincinnati Friends Meeting, a Friend spoke of a recent conversation…
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