Young Friends

A Letter from Bolivia

Fourth Month, Fifth Day, 2007 Dear friends and family, I know that it has only been a week since I…

Interning at FCNL

Graduating from college, moving away from home, and starting a first post-graduation job are rites of passage into the adult…

Who is really to blame?

I am sure I am not the only Friend who listened to the reports of the massacre at Virginia Tech…

Heaven and Hell

I was a relentlessly curious kid, so naturally I joined the crowd of children outside the open door of the…

En mi barrio: A young Friend’s Neighborhood

Like the prince in an elaborate ballet he spins deftly and, with a practiced thrust, knocks his opponent’s épée to…

Fala Hates War

Pablo Picasso’s Peace Dove is tattooed on my right shoulder. I rarely get angry and almost never raise my voice.…

A Perspective on the Quaker Sweat Lodge

I am responding to Chuck Fager’s recent letter on Friends General Conference and the Quaker Sweat Lodge ("Finding a Way…

Meeting for Soup

I rarely help out with First-day school, but they needed a substitute one Sunday, so I volunteered. In the days…

U.S. Conscientious Objectors in World War II

World War II was a very important period in the history of U.S. conscientious objectors. When the draft was activated,…

Finding a Way Forward

The most remarkable event in the long, sad saga of the Quaker Sweat Lodge (QSL) controversy took place at the…

Why Young Friends Should Consider a Career in Business

At the time that the Religious Society of Friends first began in England, one had to be a member of…

A Day Off in the Life of an Intern

It’s spring in Washington, D.C. There is a war on. I’m walking down the National Mall, surrounded by people, flags,…
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