Talk given at World Gathering of Young Friends in Britain in 2005; African-American Friend describes her spiritual journey through several different types of Christianity to end up as a Friend in Philadelphia YM.
On Listening: To God and to Each Other
Talk given by Friend from Philadelphia YM at a spiritual retreat in 1983. Thoughts on listening to the voice of God in our hearts and in those around us.
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.
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.
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.
