William Ashworth
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A Fitting Punishment
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William Ashworth
Dear Friends: Drought and forest fires all over the West. Two simultaneous hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico. The North Pole going ice-free. Each summer hotter than the summer before.
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On Rules (November 2020)
No Map to Sustainability (2)
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William Ashworth
Dear Editor: Friend Bob Langfelder is correct that my article is not a roadmap to get a whole society off fossil fuels. It was not meant to be. No map is necessary before a journey is undertaken. My purpose was to encourage Friends to undertake the journey.
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On Secrets (July 2020)
Gasoline and Leadings
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William Ashworth
William Penn became a Quaker in 1666, and immediately realized he had a problem. He was a member of the court of King Charles II. As a courtier, he was expected to wear a sword; as a Quaker, he had abjured the sword’s use. What to do? Legend says that he approached George Fox with this conundrum, and Fox cut through it with a simple test: Wear thy sword as long as thou canst.
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On Wealth (May 2020)
Quaker Composer
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William Ashworth
When the English composer Solomon Eccles became a Quaker around 1665, he sold or gave away all his musical instruments and all his printed music. Then, fearful that by doing so he had led the recipients morally astray, he bought everything back, carried it to the top of London’s Temple Hill, stomped it to pieces, and set it all on fire.
Issue:
On Music (March 2018)
Archive Articles
- Friends Bulletin - June 2001 - A Death at Sunset
- Western Friend - November 2009 - Winnowing the Seed: A Discernment Practice for Meetings
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Quaker Composer (unabridged)
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