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.

An Orientation to Prophecy

Talk given at FWCC Triennial in Ireland, 2007; a British Friend calls for more prophetic ministry among Friends in 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.

To Save From Fear

From a lecture that was on BBC radio. A British Friend comments on how to live lives of courageous Christian witness to the world.

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.