Theology

Diversity and Unity in the Religious Society of Friends

One of the trickiest tasks before the Religious Society of Friends today is embracing our diversity without losing our center,…

Christian Peace Witness for Iraq: The Risks that Faith Asks

On April 29 of this year, I was blessed to attend the Christian Peace Witness for Iraq (CPWI) in Washington,…

Learning to Love Paul Wolfowitz, and Other Impossible Tasks

My activities that Sunday morning were supposed to be Christmasy and result in life actually improving in some small way…

Quakers, Devotion, and Ritual

Recently, I sat through a lively discussion at Maury River Meeting outside of Lexington, Va. The second hour presentation was…

Forgiveness: An Amish Lesson for the Rest of Us?

The Amish belief in forgiveness serves as a peaceful method for effecting successful negotiations and mediations. It serves the purpose…

Sex Offenders Are People Too!

The offenders in our midst are being publicly judged by the worst act of their lives, and they are throwing…

Nonviolence and Forgiveness in San Quentin Prison

Was he thinking that Jesus spoke of love? Did he remember that the language of love is nonviolence? Maybe he…

Paul: I Witness a Friend's Difficult Calling

I feel how Paul is connected solidly to the Root. I feel honored to have been witness to an important…

The Living Tithe

Still, I've made a step toward that goal by opening myself to transformation into someone who more deeply lives the…

Friends within God's Light

My initial experiences of traditional Quaker worship left me wondering just how Friends, working within Western Christian teaching, had essentially…

Christ-Centeredness & Quaker Identity

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

Beyond All Understanding

The nurses are all in Room 21, the room we use for the most serious cases—the cardiac arrests, heart attacks,…
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