Self-Realization

An Inspiring Issue

When we editors decided upon the theme for this issue, "What Are Friends Called to Today?," I had a feeling…

''What are Friends Called to Today?

Go deep. Go deep, dear Friends. Touch the bedrock. Find the Source from which springs your own true, deep calling.…

The Temptation to Do Something: A Quietist Perspective

Many people think that Quietists were people who liked quiet, and that the Quietist period in Quaker history was so…

Friendly Vocations

What does it mean to live vocationally? Living out of a sense of calling is radically different from other motivations.…

Friends: A Broken, Tender People?

To be led by God is to be free of the hold of fear. Fear may or may not be…

A Convergence of Friends

This spring I hosted an unusual dinner party: nine Quakers from Ohio, Oregon, and California, gathered for fellowship, dialogue, and…

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…

Deep, Tall, and Wide

I’ve just arrived at the old stone house next to Amish fields where I spend the summers writing. One of…

The Need for Radical Acceptance

I’m a 26-year-old African American Quaker. There are parts of my life that seem typical to the lives of young…

Living Our Convictions

Faithfulness The first call is to God, to faithfulness. Out of faithfulness rises the call to live in peace. In…

The Prophetic Journey

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

''Walking Cheerfully … with a Vision in Our Pockets

Is it just me, or are others running into more cynical, escapist, or despairing people these days? My Christian conservative…
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