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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… SusanYanos

Vibrant Meetings Grow the Religious Society of Friends

In 2007, Friends World Committee for Consultation reported 35,413 unprogrammed Friends, about one-tenth of 1 percent of the U.S. population.… Lynn Fitz-Hugh

All Friends’ Conference of 1920

Before the 1937 Friends World Conference, Friends from throughout the world and across the various branches of the Religious Society… Elizabeth Cazden

Convergence among Friends: From the ‘Kitchen’ to the ‘Parlor’

Have you ever sensed that the earliest Quakers had a fire that seems to be missing now? What do we… Robin Mohr and C. Wess Daniels

Thank You, Friends

I am continuously amazed and incredibly grateful for the support we receive here at Friends Publishing Corporation for the ministry… Susan Corson-Finnerty

Filming the Life of Gobi Women

Leading, 1997 As I sit in meditation, I see single women lliving a nomadic life—women using wool from their sheep… Sas Carey

What Are Schools For?

Quakers can advocate for alternatives to the dominant U.S. education paradigm that is based on industrial and military ideals of… Thomas B. Farquhar

Finding Our Place as Young Adult Friends

Sometimes I feel as though I lived during the period of Quietism in Quaker history. I attended what may be… Adam Waxman

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… Francine Cheeks

”Walking the Walk: Greg Woods

In December 1999, 14-year-old Greg Woods attended the "High School Quake," a gathering of Illinois Yearly Meeting youth. Along with… Breeze Richardson

Friends and the Interfaith Peace Movement

Our country and the world were shaken to the core by the events of September 11, 2001. In response, we… Anthony Manousos

Ministry and Money in the Experience of Earlier Friends

The connection between money and ministry is such a hot-button issue for many unprogrammed Friends. It might be useful to… Marty Grundy
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