Theology

Naming Divinity

Ursula K. LeGuin has a very short story entitled "She Un-Names Them" in which Eve removes the names that Adam…

On Going Beyond Religion to Love, Peace, and Unity

It has always surprised me that there is such a thing as a Quaker Universalist Group. My understanding has been…

God in Language

Language has a way of being elusive in the spiritual as well as in the secular world. Furthermore, it can…

Christ and Jesus in Early Quakerism

My perception is that most attenders of unprogrammed Quaker meetings in the United States today are uncomfortable with the Christian…

No Creed Is Not the Same as No Theology

A Short Course on the Theology of Friends It has long interested me that members of unprogrammed meetings of the…

What I Learned from Rachel Hicks

One Friday morning during a Pendle Hill prayer class, Chris Ravndal introduced us to a prayer form he called "Creating…

U.S. Quakers: Hybrid Corn?

Years ago I heard our gifted Quaker economist-philosopher-poet Kenneth Boulding compare U.S. Quakers to hybrid corn. His interesting observation was…

The Unbowed Head

When they fight, animals of the same species often have an instinctive way of submitting and signaling obeisance to others…

Prayer Vigil No. 88

It was a Sunday this past February, only the second time that I’d been at the vigil since early December,…

Be Thou Perfect

Perfection is not a static state of self-satisfaction. It not only permits growth, it requires growth. Did not Christ grow…

‘The Power,’ Quaking, and the Rediscovery of Primitive Quakerism

"The Power of the Lord," or just simply, "The Power," was a very important concept to the early Quakers, but…

How to Be Happy

The basic question addressed by religion is not "Does God exist?" but rather "How can we find eternal happiness in…