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A Sacred Space

Authored by: john heid

Dear Editor: I write regarding the article “Place of Privilege” by Ann Clendenin in the May/June 2022 issue of Western Friend.

On Normality (July 2022)

Songs to Lift the Spirit

Authored by: Julie Harlow

Dear Friends: As part of our daily International Worship for Peace, we have been sharing songs with each other. I have stored links to recordings of those songs in an online spreadsheet. Having the songs listed in a table makes searching for a specific song much easier. See: tinyurl.com/SongsLiftSpirit

On Science (November 2022)

Quaker Culture: Smiting Words

Authored by: Elias Hicks

[When the] servant [of God] . . . is commanded to smite the rock, [he should] do so, and when to speak calmly to do so. Let the consequence be as it may. And I believe many precious gifts have been greatly marred and some lost by endeavoring to please.

On Conflict (January 2023)

Quaker Culture: Direct Experience

Authored by: Isaac Penington

[The] Lord opened my spirit . . . [and] gave me the certain and sensible feeling of the pure, which had been with me from the beginning . . . such an inward demonstration and feeling of the seed of life, that I cried out in my spirit, “. . . there is not another, there never was another.”

On Perception (March 2023)

Martyrs for Conscience’s Sake

Authored by: Bill Durland

“Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” These words were written by Lord Acton in 1887. Throughout the ages, we have seen this: When autocrats exercise power corruptly, heroic persons stand up to challenge them. This essay is a brief history of just a few of the countless individuals who have spoken truth to power over the past 2500 years and who sacrificed their lives for it. Let us not forget them.

On Loss (May 2023)

Announcement to NPYM Friends About Annual Session

Dimensions of Diversity

Quaker Earthcare Hiring an Operations and Administrative Assistant

YAF Report on FWCC Section Meeting

Quaker Call to Action