Canadian Friend in the UK who cannot do social action because of illness reminds us of the need to keep prayer and spiritual balance as the grounding of all of our action.
Beauty from Ashes, Strength and Joy from Sorrow
Spiritual perspectives on life and death, with references to Jesus, by a Friend from Philadelphia YM.
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.
Crystals and the Breath of God
Astronomer recalls with awe a spectacular natural event that happened when he was a schoolboy.
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.
A Call to Quakers for Stepped-up Evangelism
Talk given at FUM Triennial in Kenya in 2002. Kenyan Friend’s perspective on mission work, appreciating how some Christians have brought a message of peace.
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.
Darkness Is as Light with Thee
An Australian Friend living in the UK became blind and describes how his faith sustains him through the experience.
