testimonies

Quakers, Contemplative Activists

I didn’t start out a Quaker. I began as a Catholic, which in one respect is as far from Quakerism…

S-P-I-C-E-S: The Quaker Testimonies

This model of Friends testimonies is incorporated into the school’s curriculum.

A Family Responds to Suspicionless Drug Testing

he whole issue started in the spring of 2006 when I was a freshman in high school. The school district…

Christ-Centeredness & Quaker Identity

I have a memory of a member of my monthly meeting responding to the news that some meetings have pastors,…

Yo! Are You Amish?

Driving down Philadelphia’s South Street a few years ago, I was asked by a person who had pulled up next…

Friends’ Witness on Population and Overconsumption

Many Friends today are expanding their witness for equality and justice by focusing on rapid population growth and over-consumption as…

Quaker Spiritual Disciplines for Hard Times

an the spiritual disciplines of early Friends help us through hard times in the 21st century? The very question of…

Spiritual Materialism

A Quality of loss Affecting our Content As Trade had suddenly encroached Upon a Sacrament. —Emily Dickinson Not long ago,…

Difficult Times in Ramallah

This is a difficult note to write. So much has happened and there is so much to say. It has…

Outreach Is Just Another Word for Sharing

"We are also to be witnesses for God, and to propagate his life in the world, to be instruments in…

Speculation, Gambling, and Investments

Viewpoint: Is risk-taking in the business world a form of gambling?