Summary of the final panel discussion from the Friends World Committee for Consultation Peace Conference of 2003.
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.
Nonviolent Resistance: The Third Way
Article originally in Yes! Magazine with title, “Can Love Save the World?” Thoughts on pacifism after Sept. 11, 2001, from a Christian perspective.
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.
Self-Giving Love
Talk given at World Conference of Friends in The Netherlands in 1991. Japanese Friend gives example of how we can live in Christian-type “self-giving love.”
What Can Love Do?
Story of Hector and Susie Black’s decision to speak against the death penalty for the murderer of their daughter.
Being Faithful Witnesses to our Friends Peace Testimony: Serving God in a Changing World
Panel presentation from 21st Triennial of FWCC in New Zealand in 2004: Friends from three different countries talk about working for peace and justice in their countries and the world.
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.
Tribute to a Peacemaker/WaitingintheLight.blogspot.com: Selected entries from Tom Fox’s Blog
Selections from the web log of Tom Fox, who was killed in Iraq while serving with Christian Peacemaker Teams. Introduced by Florence Fullerton.
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.
