Excerpts from Randall’s biography of Balch, “The Uncommon Bostonian.” Balch was a peace activist, founder of Women’s Int’l League for Peace & Freedom, and won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1946.
Shalom, Much More Than Peace
Analysis of the Biblical concept of “shalom” and how it includes not just peace (absence of violence) but also other concepts such as justice and the equality of all people.
The Work of QUNO in New York
Story of QUNO New York work with the United Nations, with accompanying article about Quaker House at the U.N.
A Prophetic Vision of the Peaceable Kingdom
“[This] prophetic vision of the Peaceable Kingdom came out of the 1980 New England Y.M. ‘Peaceable Kingdom Workshop’…”
One Body with Many Parts
Talk given at FWCC 50th Anniversary. A South African Friend describes Quakerism in her country and what it was like for Black South Africans living under apartheid.
Being Truthful
Michener Lecture, Southeastern YM, 2003. Lifelong Friend active in FWCC gives observations on the Friends testimony of integrity, with references to the Bible and Friends history.
Friends’ Struggles Through the Years
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.
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.
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.
