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Who, After All, is a Caring Friend?
As I walked through the living room this morning, three colorful balloons and a bouquet of daffodils reminded me of…
Simplicity and Convenience
For quite some time now I have had only an intuitive grasp of the difference between simplicity and convenience. The…
The Move to Happy Valley
We’re too young, but let’s look at some Quaker retirement communities anyway and put our names down—it may take ten…
An Approach in Regions with Few Friends
In Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative) we are fortunate in having a good number of couples about the same age (between…
Care of the Dying: A Spiritual Discipline
Attending the death of a loved one is a painful, sometimes disturbing experience. Frequently it has a deeply mysterious quality,…
The Contours of Worship
In Salt Lake Valley, where I lived for six years during the early 1990s, mountain topography and temperature differentials often…
Travel as Sacred Journey
As Quakers, we are called to see that of God in each person. And what if the person is the…
The Journey to Answering That of God in Everyone
I’m probably one of the few Friends who has an aversion to the term "that of God in every one."…
Finding the Way Through
Stehekin, a remote mountain village fixed in an earlier time, taught me how to survive in the world today. Located…
Protest Walk Gone Awry
It was a hot, early fall afternoon, and we had stopped near the U.S./Canadian border to get gas and refresh…
Arlene Kelly
One of the difficult issues for Quakers is leadership. Somehow we know we need leaders, yet we are all supposed…
Blessings by Accident
Rejoice always, pray constantly, give thanks in all circumstances, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for…
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