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To See Jesus in Holy Land Travails
We traveled to Israel-Palestine at the end of September for three weeks to see the situation ourselves, to show our…
The Sign of Jonah and the Witness of Friends Today
Few people in any religious community will deny that our times require clear-eyed, honest diagnosis informed by the guidance of…
Away in a Manger: A Quaker Midrash
Since the time I was a small child I have loved the well-known story of the birth of Jesus, and…
Christmas Eve Comments: Why Egypt?
In November 2008, before our communal Christmas cards were displayed at Friends Homes at Guilford, our Art Gallery wall carried…
Green Jesus: The Meaning of Easter
My good friend Reverend Julia Jarvis, who officiated at the wedding of my wife and me and the baptism of…
Singing “Lord of the Dance?”: Reflections on Anti- Semitism and Loving One Another
An old controversy among Friends resurfaced this summer on the online Quaker Outreach Forum on Yahoo Groups. One member posted…
The Trail We Leave Behind Us
Learning from My Neighbors It’s a great honor to be together to listen and speak and have a conversation. I…
Why I Am Not a Christian
I have attended Quaker meeting for over 40 years, and am a member of Rochester (N.Y.) Meeting, yet I do…
Wrestling with God
Jakob Freud was a devout Hassidic Jew, who participated in an education program led by Ludwig and Pheobus Phillipson. The…
Christ-Centeredness & Quaker Identity
I have a memory of a member of my monthly meeting responding to the news that some meetings have pastors,…
Are We Christian?
In his book Why Friends are Friends, Jack Willcuts claims that the first thing to say about us Quakers is…
Homosexuality and the Bible: One Quaker's Response to the Pope
"Speaking on Monday, Pope Benedict said that saving humanity from homosexual or transsexual behavior was as important as protecting the…
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