“Sermon preached at Mohawk Mountain House in New Paltz, NY.” Friend from New England YM pleads for human beings to show respect for God and the planet and to live more ecologically centered lives.
The Crone
One of the author’s series of stories about women who knew Jesus; this one fantasizes that the woman who anointed Jesus in Mark ch. 14 could also be the midwife who had delivered him in Bethlehem.
The Mother of the Sons of Zebedee
One of the author’s series of stories about women who knew Jesus; this one fantasizes that the mother of the disciples James and John became a faithful Christian along with her sons.
Why Do You Still Read That Old Thing?
Bible study given at Pendle Hill in 1996. Friend from North Carolina YM (Conservative) tells what the Bible means to him and how it is relevant to his work to make the world a better place at the end of the 20th century.
Encounter with the Taproot
Plenary address to Lake Erie YM in 1997. Friend from North Carolina YM (Conservative) offers perspectives from the Bible and Quaker history on the nature of God and the best way for human beings to express the divine will in our lives.
Nonviolent Resistance: The Third Way
Article originally in Yes! Magazine with title, “Can Love Save the World?” Thoughts on pacifism after Sept. 11, 2001, from a Christian perspective.
William Penn: A Twentieth-Century Perspective
Biography of William Penn, describing his upper-class environment and his efforts to live out Friends testimonies.
Conversations on the True Harmony of Mankind and How It May Be Promoted
One of Woolman’s last writings; fantasy conversations between a “laborer” and other men who are rich, mostly demonstrating the testimonies of simplicity and living with integrity.
In Quietness and Confidence
Friend from Philadelphia YM offers thoughts on centering down spiritually and learnng to pray.
Proclaiming Peace: Lives That Speak
Joffee: British writer summarizes the life of a man imprisoned for violent IRA activities who later had a change of heart and became a Christian pacifist; Deming: interview with mixed-race Catholic man in South Africa who was working for peace and justice in the 1980s.
