Pendle Hill

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.

Can we forge a new link between the insights of science and the deeper prompting of the human spirit through a rebirth of a love for matter? A meditation on our manifold relations with nature. By Theodor Benfey Pendle Hill Pamphlet #233

As a young man at West Point, Mike Heller found himself in a hostile environment, struggling to fit in where he was learning that he did not belong, searching for something to hold onto that was true and that nurtured his spirit.

What does it really mean to absorb the learning that comes from our “roots” in Quakerism? Are there ways of approaching our roots that have a greater likelihood of bearing spiritual fruits?

“Most of us go about our daily lives assuming that we all participate in one shared reality. As I have listened to many people’s stories, I have learned that ‘reality’ is not as shared as we may think. ...

In search of personal healing the author talks with many former adversaries in their austere country. He includes four poems with his reflections. By W. D. Ehrhart Pendle Hill Pamphlet #272

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.

In the intimacy that develops over time in a Spiritual Nurture Group, members connect on a deep level of the Spirit. Coming together in a group to share and listen gives birth to a way of being in community that is sacred.