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Kindness of the Night
I do a 3 to 5 a.m. shift once a month at a homeless shelter that is run by a…
Jesus Came to My Door One Sunday Morning
Jesus came to my door one Sunday morning, but it wasn’t a convenient time. The night before Jesus arrived, I…
You Are My Sunshine
You Are My Sunshine"—we belt it out every Thursday evening, along with "The Sidewalks of New York," "A Bicycle Built…
Inside
The muted colors of stone, the horizontal lines of the walls, and the straight walkways are calming as I pass…
Quaker Service in Cape Town, South Africa
Quaker Service, Cape, in Cape Town, South Africa, has reinterpreted the ancient tradition of alms-giving in the modern developing world.…
God the Trickster?
Our son brought Marge Abbott’s essay "In the Belly of the Whale" to me during my stay in a South…
On West
Mary is sitting in her usual corner. She just rocks herself in her chair and cries most of the day.…
Serving God and Caesar
A letter to a Friend about 21 years in the Foreign Service Dear Nick, I joined the Foreign Service 21…
Traveling in the Ministry – But Not on Horseback
It’s the 21st century, and we Quakers are still doing it, traveling in pairs great distances to nurture small and…
Bob Philbrook
Bob Philbrook is as vibrant, confident, and energetic as anyone you’ll ever meet. He also happens to have gotten polio…
The Ministry of the Written Word
Quakers Uniting in Publications (QUIP) is an international consortium of Quaker book publishers, book sellers, authors, and periodical publishers. This…
Hershel and Janetta Hill
They have many wonderful life stories to tell, but none more vibrant than those about their current ministry. Every Monday…
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