Friends speak of “concerns” as the spiritual promptings that come to us, revealing our own particular God-given responsibilities in a world that so truly needs our love and our service.
In 1869, a Quaker named Lawrie Tatum left Iowa to become an agent for the Kiowa and Comanche Indians and participate in a holy experiment. His journey is here described. By Robert Hixson Pendle Hill Pamphlet #238
Born of Quaker families, Howard Brinton and Anna Cox Brinton were to meet doing Friends relief work in Germany after World War I in Europe and devote their lives together to nurturing Quakerism, social activism, peacemaking and peacemakers...
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.
A Quaker examines what constitutes evil in our modern era, drawing on the theological work of the 16th_century German mystic, Jacob Boehme. First published as Pendle Hill pamphlet #214. By Ann Liem Pendle Hill Pamphlet #351
Author sees wounds in the perpetrator as the source of violence. This essay describes the nature and healing of trauma and offers view of health which can move us to listening, forgiveness, compassion and reconciliation.