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Spiritual Growth

Christmas 1944

The small photo shows three children smiling, each clutching a book, waving to someone behind a third-story window. It is… Tina Coffin

Spiritual Direction as a Resource for Friends

Friends come to their meetings out of some kind of spiritual hunger—a desire for belonging and encouragement in making the… Patty Levering

Thoughts about God

The psalmist asks God, "What is man that Thou art mindful of him?" My text is the reverse, asking, "What… Irwin Abrams

On Answering Terror: Responses to War and Peace after 9/11/01

Answering Terror is an anthology of articles and reflections, largely drawn from Friends Journal, that deal with Quaker reactions to… Walter Wink

Nozuko's Story

Fall 1999, Singisi, South Africa It’s an ordinary autumn day. The chilling wind announces the impending arrival of winter, snapping… Susan Winters Cook

Activism from a Place of Peace

There are two ways to be an activist: from a place of pain—anger, self-righteousness, blame, or despair—or from a place… Tina Tau McMahon

''What are Friends Called to Today?

Go deep. Go deep, dear Friends. Touch the bedrock. Find the Source from which springs your own true, deep calling.… Patricia McBee

The Temptation to Do Something: A Quietist Perspective

Many people think that Quietists were people who liked quiet, and that the Quietist period in Quaker history was so… Paul Buckley

Friendly Vocations

What does it mean to live vocationally? Living out of a sense of calling is radically different from other motivations.… Paul Anderson

Friends: A Broken, Tender People?

To be led by God is to be free of the hold of fear. Fear may or may not be… Marge Abbott

A Convergence of Friends

This spring I hosted an unusual dinner party: nine Quakers from Ohio, Oregon, and California, gathered for fellowship, dialogue, and… Robin Mohr

The World Is Hungry for What We’ve Tasted

Friends today are called to the same radical work that has always driven us: to step back from the world… Martin Kelley
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