Friend from Philadelphia YM offers thoughts on how Quaker schools can be spiritually centered, and what such centering is, with examples from Christianity and other religions.
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.”
The Witness of Conservative Friends William and Frances Taber
A glimpse of the witness of Conservative Friends from the autobiographical perspective of the Tabers.
Resurrect My Voice
Poems by the Evangelical Friends missionary, some in the form of prayers for guidance and insight into what God’s will is for her life.
Learning to Learn: The Journey of a Cross-Cultural Public Friend
Chapter from book “Walk Worthy of Your Calling.” Friend from Northwest Y.M. describes her missionary work in Bolivia, with vivid descriptions of initial culture shock and slowly getting to feel at home.
Reflections of Light: Quaker Poets of Today*
Contemporary poetry by two Friends
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.
In Deed and Word: Excerpts from ‘The Vocation of Witness’ in The Company of the Committed
A chapter from his book. Professor from Earlham School of Religion and Indiana YM urges us to boldly declare our Christian faith and let our lives show it.
Transforming the Visible: A Contemplative Among Activists
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.
John Woolman, Quaker Saint
Talk given to a class on Quakerism in 1980; short biography of John Woolman with emphasis on his work for social justice and peaceful relations between white Americans, African Americans, and Native Americans/Indians.
