Friends meeting houses serve in various ways the larger community where they are located. My Friends church in Bolivia usually lets local people have their non-religious events at our church... Read more
Growing up, we had a Sunday school class called The Bereans. I thought the name meant “old people” since they were all old. One of our recent sermons at church was based out of Acts 17:10 wh... Read more
In pursuing peace and justice it is important to remember that we are not alone. This applies totally: to individuals, to groups, and internationally. When I entered the world of medicine it... Read more
From childhood, I was encouraged to speak up, LOUDLY! I learned that I could be right. Often, if I heard some piece of trivia and believed it wrong I would say so. I have learned some lesson... Read more
Today is exactly three years to the day when Debby “stepped off the cliff” of burnout and adrenal fatigue. She has always been efficient and able to get a lot of things done. At... Read more
We, Friends (Quakers) sometimes ask ourselves what makes the Religious Society of Friends different from other religious organizations and from hard-working, non-governmental organizations.... Read more
Last week I attended a poverty workshop in my community. The presenter is a national poverty expert who came from generational poverty herself. She pointed out ways in which we discriminate... Read more
Fasting does not change God. Fasting changes us. Our Sunday School class and others in our church family are participating in, “A Place at the Table: 40 Days of Solidarity with the Poor.” (h... Read more
Remembering Rachel Corrie Ten years ago on March 16 Rachel Corrie was killed in Rafah, Gaza, when she was run over by a bull dozer while trying to protect the home of a Palestinian family. R... Read more
A little later today I will be going to gather a life story from a middle-aged lady dying of pancreatic cancer. She has had time to think about her past and wants to use it as a way of sayin... Read more