Pendle Hill

The author employs poetry and literature to reflect on the meaning of retirement and whether death is an unmitigated calamity. He concludes it is not better to live forever, and that strangely, death enhances life, rather than negating it.

Describes how the misery of deep depression can act as a catalyst for the development of greater spiritual depth. By Dimitri Mihalas Pendle Hill Pamphlet #327

The author sees Quakers at a crossroads in dealing with issues of authority and power in church governance and offers some assessment of the costs of traveling one way or another.

This essay concentrates on the communal and societal aspects of gospel order as the foundation of meeting – or church – community life. “Gospel” refers to the actual relationship with God.

The manager of funds for Quaker organizations and individuals reflects on Friends and the tension between money and ethics.

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.

A life story about renewal, commitment, faith, doubt, success, defeat, and a balance of activism and contemplation.

As a participant in an ecumenical workshop where he was the only Quaker, Ron Rembert found himself experimenting with new uses for the traditional Quaker practice of responding to queries.