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Comments on Prison Visitation

When we started as volunteers with Prisoner Visitation and Support (PVS), we did not have a clear idea about what… Cassandra Fralix and Gerald Rudolph

Prisoner Visitation and Support: A Unique Ministry

Prisoner Visitation and Support (PVS) is the only nationwide, interfaith visitation program with access to all federal and military prisons… Eric Corson

Pioneering the Possibilities

A year has passed since the devastating attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. This month there will… Susan Corson-Finnerty

Can We Provide Financial Resources for Medical Care?

The following was in Reports and Epistles (FJ Mar.): "Ohio Valley Yearly Meeting is concerned that many persons in the… Paul Buckley

A Promise to Aiyat

I spent a good part of the summer of 2000 living in Iraq. After a first visit in early June,… Tom Jackson

The Social Testimonies at Pendle Hill

As a newcomer to Quakerism, one of my most exciting discoveries was the Quaker social testimonies. I had heard of… Paul Rasor

Heifers and Pencils

I just read an article in Christian Science Monitor entitled "Help for Uganda’s Farmers: A Heifer to Start a Family"… Kevin Coleman Joyce

Spiritual Evaluation of Movies

"Movies are one of the bad habits that have corrupted our century. They have slipped into the American mind more… Jim Morrissey

New England Friends in Unity With Nature (NEFUN) Committee

The current work of the NEFUN Committee supports discernment around New England monthly meetings of the faith and practice of… Janet Clark

At the End of the Road in Hawaii

Verne and Shirley Beechill, resident hosts of Honolulu (Hawaii) Meeting, drove up the dry coast of Oahu towards the community… Claire E. Gorfinkel

New Beginnings

As clerk of the Sing Sing Quaker Meeting, I am blessed to have the opportunity to receive and read Friends… John Mandala

Spirituality in Action: Ethos and Ethic

I want to discuss ethos, the spiritual and moral context we create for Friends education to occur, and ethics, the… Paul A. Lacey

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