Part of panel at 2003 Friends World Committee for Consultation Peace Conference, about the spiritual basis of the Friends’ peace testimony.
Military Service and Conscientious Objection
Friend from Baltimore YM and the Center on Conscience and War in Washington describes what conscientious objection to war is and gives a historical perspective extending into the 21st century.
Quaker Contributions for the New Millenium
Quaker Lecture at Western YM, Aug. 1999. Dean of Earlham School of Religion gives thoughts on what Quakers have to offer the world as it enters the third millennium after Christ.
Islam from a Quaker Perspective
Friend from Pacific YM describes how he reached out a hand of peace to Muslims in his community after the events of Sept. 11, 2001.
Despairing
Chapter from Macy’s book “Rhythms of the Inner Life.” Thoughts about how Christians can cope with the presence of evil, apparently unjust, situations in the world and not give up in despair.
Can Love Really Overcome Violence and Hate?
Speech given at the Annual Meeting of FWCC, Section of the Americas, Philadelphia, 2002. As the USA entered a new period of warmaking, a Friend from Baltimore YM offered a vision of how we could work for peace, with quotes from the Bible and Quaker history.
Christ and Jesus in Early Quakerism
Author writes about understanding the distinctly Quaker approach to Christianity.
Nourishing the Spiritual Life: Finding Companionship
Friend from Ohio Valley YM offers insights into the meaning of community, including respecting difference while we look for commonalities between people.
Leading and Being Led
The first third of a Pendle Hill pamphlet with the same name. An exploration of how we can know when the Holy Spirit is leading us to do something. Contains examples from Quaker history.
The Top Ten Reasons I’m Quaker
A pastor from Northwest YM tells what he particularly loves about Quakerism— things like lack of hierarchy and the listening directly to what Jesus tells us in our daily lives.
