Worship

Light Made Tangible

Friends often seem to me not only puritanically suspicious of beauty, unless it occurs in nature—trees, landscapes, sunrises—but actually disapproving…

An Hour of Silence

We sit there silently, staring off into space. The benches all face the middle of the room, keeping us centered.…

The Unbowed Head

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

Being Silent

Last Sunday was another of those meetings for worship. In the first 20 minutes when the children were present no…

The Value of Stillness

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

“Meeting for Learning” at Princeton Friends School

As the founding head of Princeton Friends School, I’ve been asked time and again during the past 12 years the…