Theology

I Was Blind, But Now I See

Many are familiar with the Indian fable of the blind men and the elephant, immortalized by the Fritz Eichenberg woodcut… Paul Landskroener

So What Can We Say Now? Suggestions for Explaining Quakerism

Margaret Fell, "the mother of Quakerism," describes an occasion when George Fox challenged his listeners to recognize the experiential nature… Thomas H. Jeavons

What Jesus Means to Me

As an Orthodox Jewish boy in Manchester, England, I was taught that Christianity was the religion of our oppressors. It… Harvey Gillman

Quakers, from the Viewpoint of a Naturalist

I grew up loving nature and feeling part of it—dirt, bugs, people, and everything. It was, and still is, amazing… Os Cresson

Finding Dropt Letters

The Religious Society of Friends contains a number of very active members who attend worship every week, yet do not… Paul Hamell

Shades of Gray: A Liberal Christian Quaker Speaks Up

Liberal Quakers today often frame our discussions about theology as a debate between Christocentric and Universalist Friends. I’m leery, however,… Cathy Habschmidt

Towards Deeper Communion across Our Theological Divides

Five years after Friends Meeting at Cambridge approved taking same-sex couples under its care, my life partner, Polly, and I… Wendy Sanford

Jesus as the Second Option

Times change. Perhaps certain aspects of reality don’t change, but times do change. As a poet I’d like to have… John Pitts Corry

Rancor

My son and I, separated by half a continent, had been talking on the phone for 30 minutes when he… Lance Wilcox

An Approach to Religious Education

Members of the Menomonie Ministerial Association (M.A.M.A) stared at me in slack-jawed silence. We had been in the midst of… Mary Snyder

The 'Honest to God' Debate and Friends

The paperback Honest to God, by John A. T. Robinson, Bishop of Woolwich in England, has apparently sold more quickly… Larry Miller

God's Way and Human Will

For saith Christ, which is the Word of God, My sheep hear my voice and they follow me; and I… Margery Post Abbott
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