Peace with Justice | Northwest Yearly Meeting of Friends (Quakers)

Peace with Justice — Emma Condori Mamani

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

Peace with Justice — Joy Lujan

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

Peace with Justice — Ken Magee

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

Peace with Justice — Joe Lynne Rader

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

Peace with Justice — David Thomas

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

Peace with Justice — Emma Condori-Mamani

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

Peace with Justice — Faith Marsalli

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

Peace with Justice — Joy Lujan

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

Peace with Justice — Wilbur Wood

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

Peace with Justice — Ken Magee

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