Pendle Hill Publications

After examining the history of Friends’ corporate witness on use of alcoholic beverages, which for the most part produced a call for total abstinence, the author argues that Friends should reexamine and reclaim this testimony.

After a summary examination of Quaker marriage practices and procedures, this essay traces the evolution of a minute on same-sex marriage in Putney, Vermont Meeting, and the marriage of two men under the meeting’s care.

The author claims poets offer confirmation to religious seekers that their glimpses of divine presence and intention are valid.

Reflections on aging, its physical, spiritual, and religious effects, by an 83-year-old author.

A study of the interrelationship between mysticism and activism in the life and ministry of John Woolman, as reflected through his writings.

The author shares specific biblical texts and her meditations that connect an inward holy place where she meets God with Buddhist teachings and the fundamental truths of Christian Experience. By Carol Urner Pendle Hill Pamphlet #317

Relates stories which arose out of the authors’ experiences of living and working at a Quaker mission hospital in rural western Kenya.

The stories in this pamphlet, drawn from life, illustrate the wondering that children do and the need for guidance it opens for any who live and work with them. By Harriet Heath Pendle Hill Pamphlet #315