The author, a Quaker with reverence for scripture, explicates the learned thinking of prominent contemporary scholars who debate the historical veracity of Jesus.
This essay proposed some criteria for a contemporary sex ethic, hoping to stimulate thinking and ultimately, perhaps, a distinctive Friends’ testimony on sex.
More stories from this American doctor’s compassionate encounter with Africans in their country. The stories describe the challenges of suffering and African faith in response.
Spiritual discernment lies at the heart of Quaker spirituality and practice. It’s grounded in the central Quaker conviction of the availability to every person of the experience and guidance of God, immediate as well as mediated.
This essay explores the spiritual dimension of a unique Quaker peacemaking project called The Human Experience, an anthology of contemporary poetry and fiction of Russia and the United States that was jointly edited and published in both countries.
In earlier times, far-flung Quaker meetings looked for spiritual deepening in the visits of traveling ministers. Debbie Humphries is one present-day Friend who has responded to a call to travel in ministry.