Theology

Quakerism, Earth-Centered Spirituality, and the Goddess

My earliest memory is of standing at the kitchen sink in an old farmhouse in Iowa where my grandmother held…

Jesus in Stillness and Love

In the fall of 1999 I traveled with a longtime friend to Israel. From Haifa we drove to Vered HaGalil,…

Inward Light and Outward Light

When people get together for a business meeting in a non-Quaker setting, they analyze each problem, share the best solutions…

The Word and the Spirit: Scripture and Context in Theology

"The principle source of truth must be the Truth itself. When we trace a stream to the place where it…

Prayers and Protests

Talking to God was an everyday affair when I was growing up. We said a blessing before meals, had Bible…

What is Worship?

Meeting for worship is the heart and center of a Quaker meeting and of being Quaker, but what do Quakers…

Authority

In a meeting for worship in the early 1940s a young woman, fairly new to Friends, felt the irresistible urge…

Compassion Personified

Turning Jesus into an otherworldly spirit temporarily inhabiting a male person weakens Jesus’ achievement, because what seems remarkable in a…

Aspiring to Transformation

At this time of year my thoughts always turn to Jesus’ death and resurrection. The theme is inescapable. I live…

The Silence of Holy Saturday

The most penetrating sound of September 2001 came not on Tuesday the 11th but on Sunday the 16th. In November…

Paul, Apostle of Love

Many commentators, and indeed, the informed general public, perceive a discrepancy between the open and generous message of Jesus preaching…

Words and the Word

God is mystery. The Divine is transcendent—bigger than our minds can comprehend, and also infinitely "other" than human. The Divine…
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