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The Wounding and Healing of the Human Spirit
Sometimes when I’m tired—almost too tired—I can’t sleep. I want more food for the world and less suffering. I feel…
Daniel Gottlieb
Tree Trust
I’m sitting under the dense canopy of a Mexican elderberry tree. There are two such trees in the front yard…
Alicia Adams
Not Another Holiday Letter
2004 was an unusual year. I wrote a Christmas letter on time. After a year’s hiatus from writing a Christmas…
Sean Crane
What Is the Essence of an Active Faith?
Along with 27 others, Peg Morton trespassed onto Fort Benning property in November 2003 as a part of the effort…
Peg Morton
Building the Beloved Community
Atlanta Friends Meeting began as such a diverse group of people that one of the first attenders commented, "It seemed…
Mary Ann Downey
Hospitality in the Manner of Friends
Use hospitality one to another without grudging. As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one…
Nancy Fennell
The Meaning of Silent Worship
A Friend recently asked, "What does silent worship mean?" Silent worship is about making an opportunity for God. God makes…
Mariellen O. Gilpin
The Retreat
The retreat is summer camp for grownups in October. We meditate. We listen to deep wisdom. We walk mindfully. After…
Anne C. Highland
Where the Light Shines Through
Every autumn I am reminded of a precious lesson I was once given, a glimpse of truth about the Light…
Ann Y. Robinson
Meeting God in a Bank
Shortly after my 30th birthday, I met God for the first time in my life. I was in a bank…
Cathy Habschmidt
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…
Anne C. Highland
Only the Wounded Can Heal
At a meeting for worship a Friend quoted the Greek philosopher, Heraclitus, as saying: "Only the wounded can heal." My…
Elizabeth Watson
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