Social Action

Reflections on the World Since 9/11

That morning I helped my youngest child get off to school. I straightened our now-quiet kitchen, then sat at my…

Friends Testimonies and Ecological Understanding

The Religious Society of Friends introduced into the Christian tradition a change in consciousness about spiritual life that has had…

Litter Picking

Okay, I’ll fess up. There’s no hiding it—all the gang members who hang out in our neighborhood park already know…

Turning Quaker Gray into Quaker Green

"Ignorance ends today. Negligence starts tomorrow." —Architect William McDonough Whatever one might think, suspect, or wish away, climate change and…

”Why Does (or Doesn’t) FWCC Do That?

When asked to explain our faith and practice, we Friends often tell stories—of the steadfastness of those who faced persecution,…

On Good Soil and Increasing Yield

He began to teach them many things in parables, and in his teaching he said to them: Listen! A sower…

Friends’ Witness on Population and Overconsumption

Many Friends today are expanding their witness for equality and justice by focusing on rapid population growth and over-consumption as…

God Does Not Need Your Cash

So there I was . . . On Saturday night, most weeks of my childhood, freshly scrubbed out of the…

A Letter from Bolivia

Fourth Month, Fifth Day, 2007 Dear friends and family, I know that it has only been a week since I…

The Little Museum that Could: Documenting My ‘Neighbors’ Fate-and My Own

In a train from Prague to Ostrava, spring 1992: Navigating his high-school German and my miserable Czech, the well-dressed business…

American Friends Service Committee after 90 Years

We seek to know where the Spirit is calling us to be in a particular place and time. —Quaker aphorism…

”Walking the Walk: Greg Woods

In December 1999, 14-year-old Greg Woods attended the "High School Quake," a gathering of Illinois Yearly Meeting youth. Along with…
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