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Peace
Peace in the World, Peace among Friends
Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another; love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous: not…
Watu Wa Amani Conference
I was invited to attend the Watu Wa Amani (People of Peace) conference in Limuru, Kenya, at the Brakenhurst Baptist…
Police Power for Peace
Pacifists like me, many of whom are Friends, have made accommodation to the police function and criminal justice system. We…
Hiroshima/Nagasaki Unresolved: A Present Danger
On August 19, 2003, the Washington Post carried a front-page story and picture headlined “Enola Gay, Waiting in the Wings…
A Look Back at the FWCC Peace Conference
Love is the only way. It is an eternal reminder to a generation depending on nuclear and atomic energy, a…
Making Peace: Telling Truth
From 1959, as a graduate student teaching my first classes, until 2002, when I taught my last classes at Earlham,…
Peacemaking: Public and Private
In addressing this topic, I turn to the theme of a workshop/retreat with Bennington (Vt.) Meeting in August 2002, as…
Time to Lay Down William Penn’s Sword
The story of William Penn and his sword is deeply embedded in Quaker mythology; so deeply, it seems, that it…
A Statement of Christian Pacifism
I am a Christian, and therefore I am a pacifist. For the first 300 years following the resurrection of Jesus,…
Shalom: Much More than Just 'Peace'
I begin with two queries: To what extent might our opposition to war be diverting us from addressing the conditions…
Queries from Afghanistan
The war between 72 nations has left all in regret. Because they have not seen truth, they have created fairy…
Let Us Be Peace
One needn’t have an appreciation of the esoteric or a feeling for energy fields to perceive the palpable present anguish…
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