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Wielding Thor’s Hammer: What It Means to Write as Ministry

According to an old Norse legend of the early days in the time before this time, the god Thor patrolled…

Neighbors East and West – This Time Iran

In 1986 a group mostly of Quakers from Richmond, Indiana, were walking together through the Kremlin on their last night…

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…

American Friends Service Committee after 90 Years

We seek to know where the Spirit is calling us to be in a particular place and time. —Quaker aphorism…

Does Your Meeting Need a Bill of Rights?

About ten years ago, West Richmond (Ind.) Meeting was shattered by a case of sexual harassment, where a respected member…

The Sabbath Year at Central Philadelphia Meeting

“The Sabbath year has been unfolding so wonderfully. . . . I feel like we are growing and sprouting individually…

War on Whom?

We live in troubling times.

‘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…

New England Friends in Unity With Nature (NEFUN) Committee

The current work of the NEFUN Committee supports discernment around New England monthly meetings of the faith and practice of…

The Value of Stillness

Be no more than God hath made thee. Give over thine own willing; give over thine own running; give over…
Features

Rebuilding Churches in Rural Alabama: One Volunteer’s Experience

From the September 1996 issue of Friends Journal. ost of the time when I hear of an injustice I feel… Kim Roberts
Among Friends

Alabama ’96

From the May 1996 issue: ometimes a news article touches the heart and moves people to reach out to one… Vinton Deming
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