Talk given at FWCC Peace Conference in NC, 2003; Canadian Friend offers insights on the so-called “War on Terror” from one of the neighbors of the USA.
To Make Us Whole and Free: A Memorial Tribute
Four excerpts from the writings of a British Friend who moved to India and worked with the Gandhian movement. The titles are “Discipline,” “Sharing Our Faith,” “Growing Into Saints,” and “Judgment–A Quaker View.”
Open Worship
Pamphlet prepared for pastoral Friends of Reedwood Friends Church, Northwest YM, about how Friends in silent meetings stay spiritually centered with listening hearts to hear the messages of others and decide when they have received a message that needs to be shared.
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.
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.
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.
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.
To Each Is Given the Manifestation of the Spirit for the Common Good
Message given at FWCC Section of the Americas Annual Meeting, 2006, Chiquimula, Guatemala on a theme from Romans chapter 12 about varieties of spiritual gifts.
