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A New Story for Earth

• Authored by:
• Mary Ann Percy

“Tell me a story.” How often we said that as children! “Tell me a story.” Narrative has the power to shape our world; indeed it is how we understand the world and our place in it. “Tell me a story.”

On Separation (November 2019)

Racism & Militarism in U.S. Foreign Policy

• Authored by:
• David Hartsough

Dear Friends: I want to highly recommend a new discussion paper, “Dismantling Racism and Militarism in U.S. Foreign Policy,” recently published by the Friends Committee on National Legislation. It does an excellent job challenging the present paradigm of Racism and Militarism in the U.S., shares a possible new paradigm, and explores how we can get from here to there.

On Conflict (January 2023)

Racism and Militarism in U.S. Foreign Policy

Ego, Imagination, Condition, and Light

• Authored by:
• Robert Griswold

Friends use the word Light a lot.  They use it as a metaphor to point towards an experience.  But Friends use this basic expression so casually that I fear it has become conventional and trivial. We don’t much think about what the Light (as experience) means or where it comes from or why we need it. Nor are we aware of how we got into the dark in the first place. Like many metaphors, Light is better understood when it is placed in a context. My experience is that ego, imagination, and condition are factors that provide a helpful context for considering the Light.

On Pride (July 2014)

A Call to Radical Vulnerability and Love (abridged), Two

• Authored by:
• Carin Anderson

When I was twenty-seven, I went through a life-changing transition catalyzed by Archbishop Oscar Romero, John Woolman, Thomas Kelly, Dorothy Day, and the people of El Salvador. I was lead to many parts of the world, working with children and families suffering from war, from poverty, from U.S. imperialism. Then over the years, I began to find that the message that was continually coming to me during worship as ministry was one that I felt would make Friends too uncomfortable, perhaps even angry. So I began to withdraw from the Quaker community.

On Children (September 2018)

Quaker Worship and Intentional Design

• Authored by:
• Eleanor Dart

The best college class I ever took was called “Design” and was offered by the Art Department at the University of Oregon during the summer of 1967. There were two sections. One section had a textbook, and studied things like color theory and perspective. By some lucky chance I ended up in the other section, taught by Dr. Stannard, a gifted artist and potter of worldwide renown.

On Rules (November 2020)

A Call to Friends (review)

• Authored by:
• Charlene Weir

What are Friends called to do in these times? Is there an answer to be found in the current spiritual life of our meetings?

On Debt (July 2021)

Transformation (abridged)

• Authored by:
• , O

On Legacy (September 2024)

Hierarchy of Technology

• Authored by:
• Muriel Strand

We need a Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs for technology

On Tech (July 2024)

Do No Harm

• Authored by:
• Muriel Strand

On Innocence (May 2024)