Publications
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| Title | Summary | Main topic | Sub-topic | Keywords | Link |
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| The Cool Green Hills of Earth | "Sermon preached at Mohawk Mountain House in New Paltz, NY." Friend from New England YM pleads for human beings to show respect for God and the planet and to live more ecologically centered lives. | Witness | Ecology | Ecology, testimony, Witness | Download (PDF) View |
| Proclaiming Peace: Lives That Speak | Joffee: British writer summarizes the life of a man imprisoned for violent IRA activities who later had a change of heart and became a Christian pacifist; Deming: interview with mixed-race Catholic man in South Africa… | Witness | Peace | Africa, Ireland, Peace, Witness | Download (PDF) View |
| 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. | Faith, Witness | Equality, Spiritual Journey | Equality, Faith, Race, Spiritual Journey, Witness | Download (PDF) View |
| Emily Greene Balch: The Holy Fire | Excerpts from Randall's biography of Balch, "The Uncommon Bostonian." Balch was a peace activist, founder of Women's Int'l League for Peace & Freedom, and won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1946. | Witness | Peace | Faith, Peace, Spiritual Journey, Witness | Download (PDF) View |
| The Simplification of Life | Chapter from "A Testament of Devotion," about the busyness of modern life in North America and Europe, with suggestions for how to simplify our lives and be more centered spiritually. | Faith, Witness | Beliefs, Simplicity | Beliefs, Faith, simpliciy, Witness | Download (PDF) View |
| You Are Your Brother’s Keeper—The Divine Imperative | Keynote talk given at FUM Triennial sometime in the early 1980s. Pastor from Kenya urges us to live with integrity and peace, rather than becoming enmeshed in materialistic things. | Witness | Integrity | Africa, Integrity, Race, Social Concern, Witness | Download (PDF) View |
| 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'…" | Witness | Peace | Faith, Peace, Spirituality, Witness | Download (PDF) View |
| 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. | Witness | Peace | activism, Peace, Spirituality, Witness | Download (PDF) View |
| The Workings of Jesus Christ in the Life of R.M.E. | A British Friend who moved to South Africa and married there describes her spiritual journey to live according to Christ's teachings and oppose racism and apartheid. | Faith, Witness | Equality, Relationships, Spiritual Journey | Africa, Equality, Faith, Race, Relationships, Witness | Download (PDF) View |
| The Quaker Discovery; Room for the Infinite | Chapter from Kelly's book "The Eternal Promise," about early Friends, particularly George Fox, and the vision they had about spiritual insights coming directly from God. | Early Friends, Faith, Witness | Beliefs, Simplicity | Early Friends, Faith, History, Simplicity, Witness | Download (PDF) View |
