Simplicity

Yo! Are You Amish?

Driving down Philadelphia’s South Street a few years ago, I was asked by a person who had pulled up next…

Removing the Pressure for War

Among the various books and pamphlets in our meeting’s library, some focus on proving that war is wrong. Others expound…

Integrity Means Being Part of the Solution

"We want to hear more about the Earthcare resources you mentioned at your presentation last night," our hosts said after…

Pile It On! Stuff and a Spiritual Journey

Sometimes a strong image will appear to me during meeting for worship. About two years ago I had a very…

Keeping It Simple: A Memoir about Women and Development in Senegal

As usual, I was the first to arrive at headquarters that morning in Dakar. Familiar with the lateness that ticks…

Contemplating the Nativity

It is December, and we are coming to the end of a long season of commercial clamor. I am old…

Raising Quaker Youth

It would seem that writing about raising Quaker youth would be an easy undertaking, especially as my husband Rick and…

Mending the World

Our world is torn and broken. Many parts of it are not working. There are great tears and gashes, holes…

''What Was Special about This Year's FGC Gathering

What an incredible week we had at the Friends General Conference Gathering! Sixteen hundred Friends gathered near Tacoma, Washington, for…

Reconsidering Financial Security

Friends speak of living in faithfulness to God, of letting our outward lives be wholly patterned by obedience to the…

The Right Use of Money

Money has always caused Christians—and modern Quakers—a host of problems. We all know some version of the injunction from Paul:…

Queries and Advices on Money

The Quaker Testimonies of Simplicity and Stewardship are the foundation of our spiritual relationship with money. According to Faith and…
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