Publications
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| Title | Summary | Main topic | Sub-topic | Keywords | Link |
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| 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… | Faith | Beliefs | Bible, Community, Faith, Family, Spirituality | Download (PDF) View |
| In Spirit and In Truth | Studies in preparation for the Fifth World Conference of Friends. Includes information about Friends in the host countries, Bible studies and a reflection on the World Conference theme. | Faith | Beliefs | Faith, Spirituality | Download (PDF) View |
| 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. | Faith | Beliefs | Beliefs, Faith, Spirituality | 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 |
| The Ways of Prayer: An Introduction | A Catholic educator from Ohio, member of the Wider Quaker Fellowship, shares thoughts about the nature and meaning of prayer. | Faith | Prayer | Faith, Prayer | Download (PDF) View |
| Leading and Being Led | The first third of a Pendle Hill pamphlet with the same name. An exploration of how we can know when the Holy Spirit is leading us to do something. Contains examples from Quaker history. | Faith | Beliefs | Beliefs, Faith, History | 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 |
| Alone on My Island | A Friend who was born in Greece and lived for many years in the USA later moved back to the town where he was born and describes here living among Greek Orthodox Christians. | Faith | Spiritual Journey | Faith, isolated Friend, Spiritual Journey | Download (PDF) View |
| The Shape of Quakerism in North America | Friend from Iowa Conservative and Pacific Y.M.s traces the history of North American Friends in the 19th and 20th centuries, stressing splits and reunifications, and the founding of several Quaker organizations. | Faith | Beliefs | Beliefs, Faith, North America, World Family of Friends | Download (PDF) View |
