Social Action

A.J. Muste: The 20th Century’s Most Famous U.S. Pacifist

In 1939, when war clouds over Europe became darker by the hour, Time magazine called Abraham Johannes Muste “the Number…

Walking with Gandhi

Once again I’m thinking back to the 16th of February, 2003. By that time, my own journey and experiments with…

Bayard Rustin: Out from the Shadows of History

Time on Two Crosses: The Collected Writings of Bayard Rustin. Edited by Devon W. Carbado and Donald Weise. San Francisco:…

Hope

We were standing outside of the hearing room in the Capitol Annex waiting for it to become available. The wait…

Friends Peacemaking in Burundi

It would be hard for people to kill each other when they have been laughing and crying together in such…

Saving Our Earth, One Letter at a Time

Like most of us, my wife, Betsy, and I want to leave the world a bit better for our having…

Becoming an Instrument of Peace

To walk a path of peace in a country that is deeply involved in war brings us to our growing…

Reviving the Grassroots Movement to Ban Landmines

The tsunami hit Sri Lanka, scooping away wide portions of earth and killing more than 200,000 children, women, and men,…

The Phoenix School For Girls

Early on an unseasonably cool, young September morning, a few firecrackers cut through the thick mist enveloping Xiaoshicun (Little Stone…

Getting Quakers Out to Vote in 2004

Our House of Democracy is falling down. It’s not too late to build it up again. We should not saddle…

Odyssey of a Quaker Earthcare Activist

During an adult forum after meeting for worship in 1970, I had a "conversion experience" that altered the course of…

Friends and the Earth Charter

For me, September 9, 2001, was a day filled with hope and joy, in contrast to the tragic events that…
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