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.
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.
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 who was working for peace and justice in the 1980s.
What Can Love Do?
Story of Hector and Susie Black’s decision to speak against the death penalty for the murderer of their daughter.
Conversations from the Heartland
Friends Journal article: Midwestern “liberal-type” Friend who home schools her children describes her communication with other home-schooling mothers who are fundamentalist Christians, and efforts to find common spiritual ground.
Shalom es mucho más que paz
Una análisis del concepto bíblico de “shalom” y como contiene no solamente la paz (la ausencia de violencia) sino también otros conceptos como la justicia y la igualdad de todas las personas.
How I survived my Halo
A Friend tells how she drew on both religious and psychological resources after major surgery and a lengthy hospital stay.
Identity, Authority and Community: The Experience of Two Friends at the Woodbrooke Consultation on Identity, Authority and Community
Article from Friends Journal & Quaker Life, from talk at Willamette QM of North Pacific YM, report back from Woodbrooke consultation before FWCC Triennial of 1997–exploration of “What Is a Friend?”
Remembering Agnes: A lesson in Nonviolence
Quaker historian and author recounts a remarkable experience she had while working in a mental hospital with her husband, who was a conscientious objector during the Second World War.
