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Simplicity
Christmas Reflections
My husband is fond of kidding me about how crammed my dresser drawers always seem to be. In fact, they…
Simplicity: A Testimony?
For some time, I have been puzzled about the Friends Testimony on Simplicity. The use of the word "simplicity" as…
Beginning Where We Are
Years ago my husband, Adam, was the national organizer for the Shakertown Pledge. Drafted during the 1970s by a group…
Simplicity, Poverty, and Gender in the Indian State of Kerala
Puzzles fascinate me. When the Scientific American labeled Kerala a mystery inside an enigma, I was hooked. In this tiny…
Meeting God Halfway
One Way to Engage in a Quaker Witness on Economic Justice and Ecological Concern I invite you to consider a…
Simplicity with Children
Did you know that a number of over-the-counter children’s vitamins contain aspartame, an artificial sweetener that has been known to…
Simplicity and Convenience
For quite some time now I have had only an intuitive grasp of the difference between simplicity and convenience. The…
Favorite Writings on Simplicity
Pure Land Buddhists are devoted to the Amida Buddha, who in his compassion for the difficulties people face in achieving…
Towards Simplicity as a Freshman at Guilford
During my freshman year, I made more changes in lifestyle than I have ever made before. I was expecting a…
Global Awareness and the Good Life
When my sister chose to volunteer at a Quaker program in Nicaragua, I thought about the country for the first…
Spiritual Materialism
A Quality of loss Affecting our Content As Trade had suddenly encroached Upon a Sacrament. —Emily Dickinson Not long ago,…
Back to Basics
When I was a child my Quaker neighbor kept a large organic garden and several hen houses where he grew…
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