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.
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’…”
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.
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.
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.
Nourishing the Spiritual Life: Finding Companionship
Friend from Ohio Valley YM offers insights into the meaning of community, including respecting difference while we look for commonalities between people.
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.
