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Beyond Consensus: The Quaker Search for God's Leading for the Group
When a group of North Americans gather to make a decision, one of three processes is usually used: the autocratic,…
Matthias C. Drake
Clerking: A Semi-Serious Look
From 1975 to 1994 there were only two years when I was not involved in some kind of clerking responsibility…
Marjorie M. Anderson
The Retreat
The retreat is summer camp for grownups in October. We meditate. We listen to deep wisdom. We walk mindfully. After…
Anne C. Highland
We Are All Seekers
There are many ways to God. This is surely part of our Quaker tradition, and yet, like other believers, we…
Elizabeth S. Helfman
Out of Silence
Dusk mustered forces in the shrubbery when I pulled out of my friends’ driveway. It was deep into 6 p.m.…
Charles A. Waugaman
Baptism, Water, and Silence
In the mid-1950s I participated in a study and discussion program sponsored by United States Conference of the World Council…
Virginia N. Barnett
Musings on Aging and Death
A recent illness has forced me not to deny the facts of my apparent mortality any longer. Culturally, through a…
Horatio C. Wood IV
How Can You Do That Work?
When I spent my professional life as a full-time emergency room nurse, my friends could not get enough of my…
TylaAnn Burger
Gifts from the Closet
It’s Saturday and I’ve managed to keep it open. I’m determined to clean out the closet in my spare room…
Mary Waddington
Dear Mum
Note: This is a letter addressed to the author’s deceased mother, Virginia Hutton, shortly after her death on July 30,…
Melissa Perot
Watu Kwa Amani
Watu Kwa Amani is a Swahili phrase meaning "people of peace." It is also the name of a conference to…
Donald E. Miller
Spirituality and Our Bodies
In meeting on a recent First Day it occurred to me that when our thoughts and minds are involved in…
Moreland Smith
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