Friend from Ohio Valley YM offers insights into the meaning of community, including respecting difference while we look for commonalities between people.
The Simplification of Life
Chapter from “A Testament of Devotion,” about the busyness of modern life in North America and Europe, with suggestions for how to simplify our lives and be more centered spiritually.
The Quaker Discovery; Room for the Infinite
Chapter from Kelly’s book “The Eternal Promise,” about early Friends, particularly George Fox, and the vision they had about spiritual insights coming directly from God.
Learning to Go in Peace
Keynote talk at sessions of Philadelphia YM in 2008, by pastor from Northwest YM, exploring the peace testimony and its Biblical basis and how we can live it in the 21st century.
Practicing the Gospel of Hope in the Nuclear Age
A Friend from New York YM sees the film “Gandhi” and makes observations about efforts to transform the world using violent and nonviolent means; he includes examples from the Bible, Quaker history, and other sources.
You Are Your Brother’s Keeper—The Divine Imperative
Keynote talk given at FUM Triennial sometime in the early 1980s. Pastor from Kenya urges us to live with integrity and peace, rather than becoming enmeshed in materialistic things.
Friends’ Peace Witness in a Time of Crisis: A Report from the FWCC Conference…
Summary of the final panel discussion from the Friends World Committee for Consultation Peace Conference of 2003.
The Cool Green Hills of Earth
“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.
Answering the Love of God: Living Our Testimonies
Keynote speech by a Kenyan Friend at 1997 FWCC Triennial in Birmingham, England. If we truly accept God’s love, then we must use the spirit of love to help our fellow human beings.
What Jesus Means to Me: Jesus the Liberator
Backhouse Lecture to Australia YM in 1981. British Friend describes how the life and message of Jesus has influenced his work for peace and justice, mainly through work with the UN.
