Excerpts from “Some Fruits of Solitude” and two other works by Penn, one being advice on spiritually centered family life.
The Work of QUNO in New York
Story of QUNO New York work with the United Nations, with accompanying article about Quaker House at the U.N.
Be Prepared to Give Reasons for the Hope That Is Within You
Talk given at North Pacific YM sessions in 2002 by the pastor of Freedom Friends Church in Salem OR. Lessons from the life of Peter and his efforts to express his faith in Jesus Christ.
Religious Social Concern: A Quaker View
Friend from Iowa Conservative and Pacific Y.M.s describes the Christian spiritual basis of his concerns for peace and justice.
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’…”
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.
Being Truthful
Michener Lecture, Southeastern YM, 2003. Lifelong Friend active in FWCC gives observations on the Friends testimony of integrity, with references to the Bible and Friends history.
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.
Military Service and Conscientious Objection
Friend from Baltimore YM and the Center on Conscience and War in Washington describes what conscientious objection to war is and gives a historical perspective extending into the 21st century.
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.
