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The Veil, The Shadow, and the Abundant Life

Calls to the Annual Sessions 2016 – Abridged

• Authored by:
• Diego James Navarro

[Full text of this call at: Call to IMYM 2016.]

On Beginning (March 2016)

Calls to the Annual Sessions 2017 – Abridged

• Authored by:
• Diego James Navarro,
• Molly Wingate,
• Warren Ostrom

On Insight (March 2017)

News as Spiritual Exercise

• Authored by:
• Richard Knottenbelt

It is easy to feel overwhelmed by the torrents that flow from TV, radio, social media, and the occasional print publication. Vast arrays of information, persuasion, entertainment, and junk threaten our sanity. They can also condition our attitudes and perceptions in ways that we are not even aware of. As Friends, we want to engage with news media in ways that reflect our deepest values. But how?

On Cliques (September 2021)

Playing Violent Games in Peace

• Authored by:
• David Wampler

In his recent article, “ISIS’s Call of Duty,” Jay Caspian Kang describes similarities between ISIS recruitment films and first-person-shooter games – similarities that are likely intentional (The New Yorker, September 18, 2014). Kang’s article is one of many that play into a larger debate about the role of violent videogames and other violent media in our culture. This debate has continued unresolved for decades, and both sides often succumb to strong emotions and hyperbolic statements. I feel this leads to a shutdown in communication between groups, and that is the issue I would like to address in this article.

On Temptation (November 2014)

The Seventh Person

• Authored by:
• Desmond Kamas

According to philosopher William James, “Whenever two people meet, there are really six people present. There is each man as he sees himself, each man as the other person sees him, and each man as he really is.” This elegantly describes the nature of our relationships with others. Through our biases and subjectivities, we create views of the world that may not actually exist. These become even more difficult to untangle when social media is added to the mix.

On Media (September 2016)

Finding Truth in the Time of Hysteria

• Authored by:
• Sharon Doyle

Before they were nicknamed Quakers, the early converts of Fox called themselves the Publishers of Truth. But in today’s world of manufactured news, click bait, and iPhone reporting – What is the truth?  No matter what news source you subscribe to, our media seem to thrive on hysteria. The world is about to collapse from global warming, ISIS, international bankers, too much control, too little control, the breakdown of the family, racism, globalism, nationalism, the fraying of our social fabric or all of the above.

On Media (September 2016)

Information Technology for Our Testimonies

• Authored by:
• David Bantz

Information technology can and should be part of Friends’ work.

On Tech (July 2024)

Quaker Perspective on Russian Authoritarianism

Post-capitalist, post-racialized, eco-harmony