Spiritual Growth

''Visions of Quaker Ministry

I’m writing here on the experiences I’ve had growing up as a liberal Quaker in the North and what I’ve… Tristan Wilson

Quakerism for One

"Mariah, come to the office! You have a letter!" My boss was as shocked and excited as I was. It… Mariah Miller

Membership in Transience

It takes me about 14 hours to get home from college. A mix of trains, cars, airplanes, and airports, the… Amelia Arundale

Unclean!

The sun was pressing down as hard as it could on the Earth that day, till it felt that my… Charles David Kleymeyer

The 'Quaker sweat' is an important rite of passage

I read with concern the letters in the December 2005 Forum regarding the Quaker sweat lodge and Friends General Conference.… Jennifer Galloway

Aikido: The Quaker Martial Art

The Way of Peace The principle object of aikido is to build a paradise on Earth by creating harmony in… Michael Lee Zwiers

No One Will Ever Know It

It was June 1935, and the Great Depression had settled over our middle-Indiana town like the heat and humidity in… Henry Swain

A Narrow Escape

I think this excerpt from the Autobiography of Benjamin Hallowell (Philadelphia: Friends Book Association, 1883) makes an interesting story for… Grete S. Carpenter

Threading Saffron Peace through the Gates

A silent peace walk led by saffron-robed Buddhist monks and interreligious leaders was to pass through Christo’s and Jeanne Claude’s… Tom Goodridge

Moving Inward through Yoga

My spiritual life was nourished abundantly during my pregnancy, in part because of the natural turning inward that this time… Lisa Marie Rand

Thomas Kelly

Thomas Kelly is the first of four activist Friends that I intend to write about in this column over the… Brian Drayton

On Being Single and Quaker: Opposing Forces?

As I look off into the horizon of a youthful 50 that is drawing near, my mind fast-forwards into the… Valerie Brown
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