Social Concerns

Explaining the Peace Testimony

There are some questions Quakers get used to answering over and over—about Friends schools, about silence, about our perceived relationship…

When I Was Thirsty

Last year I visited the Sonoran Desert, which straddles the U.S.-Mexican border, for the third time— this time to volunteer…

Fair Trade Coffee: A Glimpse behind the Scenes

You get up in the morning and brew or buy your coffee, feeling especially good because it’s certified fairtrade and…

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) 50th Reunion in Raleigh, North Carolina

I had the wonderful opportunity to participate in the 50th reunion of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) from April…

Quaker Committees? Witness for Support of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

On September 13, 2007, the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples was adopted by the UN General…

I Choose Choice

Rachel MacNair, in "My Personal Journey on the Abortion Issue" (FJ Feb.), has written a moving statement about her personal…

Here Slavery’s Death Began

“I was about eight years old, and it seemed kind of bizarre,” remembered Kathy Nicholson Paulmier, a Quaker and teacher…

Thought for Food

As a part of the administrative team here at Friends Journal, I don’t always have the opportunity to read and…

What Underlies the Debate about Abortion?

I was deeply disturbed by last year’s revealing back and forth between the ads from Friends Witness for a Pro-Life…

Applying Quaker Thought to Food

Many of the world’s faiths and religious organizations make faith-based eating easy for their believers: Don’t eat pork. Don’t eat…

Singing “Lord of the Dance?”: Reflections on Anti-Semitism and Loving One Another

An old controversy among Friends resurfaced this summer on the online Quaker Outreach Forum on Yahoo Groups. One member posted…

Quakers in Germany during and after the World Wars

At the end of the 17th century, groups of German Quakers migrated to North America, leaving only very small, scattered…
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