Publications
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| Title | Summary | Main topic | Sub-topic | Keywords | Link |
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| Learning to Go in Peace | Keynote talk at sessions of Philadelphia YM in 2008, by pastor from Northwest YM, exploring the peace testimony and its Biblical basis and how we can live it in the 21st century. | Witness | Peace | Faith, Peace, Spirituality, Witness | Download (PDF) View |
| Shalom, Much More Than Peace | Analysis of the Biblical concept of "shalom" and how it includes not just peace (absence of violence) but also other concepts such as justice and the equality of all people. | Witness | Peace | Faith, Peace, Spirituality | Download (PDF) View |
| God’s Presence in Trauma | Article from Quaker Life. Friends pastor from Indiana YM who works with prisoners describes when her home was invaded by an escaped prisoner and how she stayed spiritually centered. | Faith, Witness | Peace, Spiritual Journey | Faith, Peace, Prison, Spiritual Journey, Witness | Download (PDF) View |
| 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. | Witness | Peace | Faith, Peace, Spirituality, Witness | Download (PDF) View |
| Wrestling with the Peace Testimony: In Spirit and in Truth | 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. | Faith | Peace | Faith, Peace, Spirituality, Witness | Download (PDF) View |
| 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. | Witness | Peace | Faith, Peace, Spirituality | Download (PDF) View |
| What Can Love Do? | Story of Hector and Susie Black's decision to speak against the death penalty for the murderer of their daughter. | Faith, Witness | Peace, Spiritual Journey | Faith, Peace, Prison, Spiritual Journey, Witness | Download (PDF) View |
| Can Love Really Overcome Violence and Hate? | Speech given at the Annual Meeting of FWCC, Section of the Americas, Philadelphia, 2002. As the USA entered a new period of warmaking, a Friend from Baltimore YM offered a vision of how we could… | Witness | Peace | Faith, Peace, Spirituality, 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 |
| 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. | Witness | Peace | Bible, Faith, Peace, Spirituality | Download (PDF) View |
