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Service in the Friends Ambulance Unit

By Edwin V. Abbott on September 1, 2011

In October 1944, it was my privilege to be one of the Canadian conscientious objectors who had volunteered for service […]

Edwin V. Abbott, a member of Simcoe-Muskoka Meeting in Ontario, Canada, is a retired physician.

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What Would Jesus (Have Me) Do?

By Edna Whittier on September 1, 2011

“Come, Holy Spirit.” This was the first message at the October 10, 2010, meeting for worship. It settled me further […]

Edna Whittier, a member of Roanoke (Va.) Meeting, joined Friends at Red Cedar Meeting in East Lansing, Mich., and attended Dover- Randolph Meeting in Randolph, N.J. In each of these meetings, she has been active in monthly Meeting for Healing groups.

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The Weekend: Thoughts on Community

By Paul Hamell on April 1, 2011

That weekend started the week before, when it snowed almost two feet on Thursday and Friday morning. I spent a […]

Paul Hamell, a member of Ridgwood (N.J.) Meeting, is a retired police lieutenant and a volunteer emergency medical technician.

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U.N. Climate Talks and the Prevention of Violent Conflict

By Stark Alexandra on April 1, 2011

I was thrilled to attend the UN climate negotiations in Tianjin, China, this past October and the larger Conference of […]

Alexandra Stark, a member of Moorestown (N.J.) Meeting, is a program assistant in the Peaceful Prevention of Deadly Conflict program of Friends Committee on National Legislation.

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Helping North Americans Experience Nicaragua

By Kathy Hersh on March 1, 2011

This year marks the 25 year anniversary of ProNica, and an important part of ProNica’s mission has always been to […]

Kathy Hersh is a member of Miami (Fla.) Meeting and on the board of ProNica. Her interest in the Nicaraguan people stems from her experience as a journalist covering the Nicaraguan civil war in 1978-79.

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Quaker Education in Bolivia

By Newton Garver on March 1, 2011

The special October 2010 issue of FRIENDS JOURNAL on Friends and Education focuses usefully on Quaker schools in the United […]

Newton Garver is a member of Buffalo (N.Y.) Meeting.

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Letter to a Friend reading Reinhold Niebuhr

By Newton Garver on February 1, 2011

A friend recently wrote that he had been reading essays that Reinhold Niebuhr wrote for various periodicals in the 1920s […]

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A Legacy of Excellence in Education: High Point Normal and Industrial Institute

By Willard Linda on February 1, 2011

One of the major endeavors of Quakers has always been education —not just education for a select few or for […]

Linda Willard, a member of Marlboro Meeting in Sophia, North Carolina, lives in High Point with her husband Harold. She is employed as office support/administrative assistant to the principal of William Penn-Alfred J. Griffin School for the Arts. She is the author of three books about Quakers: Who? What? When? Where? Quaker Trivia; Quakers Preserved; and Quakers in Conflict.

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