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Learning to Love Paul Wolfowitz, and Other Impossible Tasks
My activities that Sunday morning were supposed to be Christmasy and result in life actually improving in some small way…
Sex Offenders Are People Too!
The offenders in our midst are being publicly judged by the worst act of their lives, and they are throwing…
Up on the Mountaintop
The morning was freezing cold in Mitchellville, Maryland, as we drove to the train station. Maria and I had flown…
The Top Ten Reasons (Plus Three) Why Bottled Water Is a Blessing
The crusade against bottled water has become something of a standard feature of environmental activism among Friends. I discovered this…
Beyond All Understanding
The nurses are all in Room 21, the room we use for the most serious cases—the cardiac arrests, heart attacks,…
'War Taxes' Is a Complicated Topic
Peter Phillips’ article, "What is the Quaker Testimony on ‘War Taxes’?" (FJ Feb.), is problematic in at least four respects.…
The Radical Nonviolent Witness of Jesus
Our world has never been more in need of courageous and creative alternatives to violence and injustice. Street crime, police…
Porters of Justice, Captives of Hope
I remember being puzzled when I was 13 about the closing lines of Romans read today. The part that says,…
My Inaugural Journey
My journey to the National Mall on inaugural day began many years ago. As a little black girl growing up…
Crossing the Border
National borders are a strange phenomenon within the fabric of human life. They can be crossed with a single step,…
Connecting with Darfur
People often hear of the troubles besetting the population of Darfur, in western Sudan, but feel no personal connection. Compound…
A Quaker Koan: How Can I Help without Doing Anything to Help?
A koan is a Buddhist mechanism for opening to a larger reality by presenting a situation that cannot possibly be…
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